dhëmb

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Albanian[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Albanian *dzamba, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵómbʰos (“tooth, peg”) (compare English comb, Greek γομφίος (gomfíos, “molar”), Serbo-Croatian zȗb (“tooth”)).[2]

Noun[edit]

dhëmb m (plural dhëmbë, definite dhëmbi, definite plural dhëmbët)

  1. tooth

Declension[edit]

Declension of dhëmb
indefinite definite
singular plural singular plural
nominative dhëmb dhëmbë dhëmbi dhëmbët
accusative dhëmbin
dative dhëmbi dhëmbëve dhëmbit dhëmbëvet
ablative dhëmbësh

Related terms[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Fialuur i voghel Sccyp e ltinisct (Small Dictionary of Albanian and Latin), page 26, by P. Jak Junkut, 1895, Sckoder
  2. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998), “dhëmb”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden; Boston; Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 82
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