dhëmb
Albanian
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Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Albanian *ðámba-, from Pre-Proto-Albanian *j́amba-, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵómbʰos (“tooth, peg”) (compare English comb, Greek γομφίος (gomfíos, “molar”), Serbo-Croatian zȗb (“tooth”)).[3][4]
Noun
[edit]dhëmb m (plural dhëmbë, definite dhëmbi, definite plural dhëmbët)
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | dhëmb | dhëmbi | dhëmbë | dhëmbët |
| accusative | dhëmbin | |||
| dative | dhëmbi | dhëmbit | dhëmbëve | dhëmbëve |
| ablative | dhëmbësh | |||
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[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Mann, S. E. (1948), “dhâmb”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 89a
- ^ Fialuur i voghel Sccyp e ltinisct (Small Dictionary of Albanian and Latin), page 26, by P. Jak Junkut, 1895, Sckoder
- ^ Oryol, Vladimir E. (1998), “dhëmb”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden; Boston; Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 82
- ^ Demiraj, Bardhyl (1997), Albanische Etymologien: Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz [Albanian Etymologies: […]] (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 7)[1] (in German), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi