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dhemb

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Albanian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Proto-Albanian *dzemba, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵembʰ- (to bite). Compare Sanskrit जम्भति (jambhati, to snap at) and Lithuanian žembiù (to cut).[2]

Pronunciation

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Verb

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dhemb (participle dhembur)

  1. (intransitive) to smart, feel pain

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Fialuur i voghel Sccyp e ltinisct (Small Dictionary of Albanian and Latin), page 27, by P. Jak Junkut, 1895, Sckoder
  2. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “dhemb”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 81