gjemb

Albanian

Alternative forms

• Tosk: gjëmb
• Gheg: glëmb, glëmp
• Arbëreshë: glëmbë, gljëmbë
• Arvanitika: glimp, gljimp, glimb

Etymology

Tosk form of Gheg glëmb, from Proto-Albanian *glamba, from Proto-Indo-European *glembʰ- (compare Old Church Slavonic глѫбъ (glǫbŭ, “trunk, stump”), Ancient Greek γλάφω (gláphō, “I scrape up”)). Compare also Romanian ghimpe.

Noun

gjemb m (plural gjemba, definite gjembi, definite plural gjembat)

1. thorn

Derived terms

• gjembaç, i gjembtë, gjemth