kremte

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Albanian[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Etymology unclear.[1] The linking particle suggests common development with the names for weekdays, compare e premte (Friday). It could be a suffixed form of krye (head; beginning)[2] or, according to Topalli, inherited from Proto-Indo-European *kerm- (to sleep, to rest); compare Old High German hirmen (to rest, to pause) and Lithuanian kirmiti (to sleep).[3]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

kremte f (plural kremte, definite kremtja, definite plural kremtet)

  1. holiday (especially religious)
    Synonyms: festë, kremtim

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References[edit]

  1. ^ Matzinger, Joachim (2006) Der Altalbanische Text Mbsuame e Krështerë (Dottrina Cristiana) des Lekë Matrënga von 1592, Dettelbach: J. H. Röll, page 225
  2. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “kremte”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 195
  3. ^ Topalli, K. (2017) “kremte”, in Fjalor Etimologjik i Gjuhës Shqipe, Durrës, Albania: Jozef, pages 812-813

German[edit]

Verb[edit]

kremte

  1. inflection of kremen:
    1. first/third-person singular preterite
    2. first/third-person singular subjunctive II

Norwegian Bokmål[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Norse krimta (onomatopoietic).

Verb[edit]

kremte (present tense kremter, past tense kremta or kremtet, past participle kremta or kremtet)

  1. (onomatopoeia) clear one's throat

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