krimb

Albanian

Alternative forms

• krimp, krym — Gheg
• krimë — Tosk
• (plural): kërmij, kërminj

Etymology

PIE word
*kʷŕ̥mis

From Proto-Albanian *krima, earlier *krimi, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷŕ̥mis, with the -b suffix. Cognate with Lithuanian kirmi̇̀s, Serbo-Croatian cȓv, Persian کرم (kerm), Sanskrit कृमि (kṛ́mi).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɾimb/

Noun

krimb m (plural krimba, definite krimbi, definite plural krimbat)

1. worm
2. grub, larva

Declension

Declension of krimb

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	krimb	krimbi	krimba	krimbat
accusative		krimbin
dative	krimbi	krimbit	krimbave	krimbave
ablative			krimbash

Hyponyms

• worms
  • krimb i dheut, krimb i shiut, krimb i tokës (“earthworm”)
  • krimb i mëndafshit (“silkworm”) (Bombyx mori)
  • krimb i shtypur (“pork tapeworm”)
  • krimb i teltë (“wireworm”) (Agriotes lineatus)
• larvae
  • krimb i bizeles (“pea midge larva”) (Contarinia pisi)
  • krimb i boçeve (“bollworm larva”) (Chloridea obsoleta)
  • krimb i kashtës (së grurit) (“larva of wheat stem sawfly, wheat sawfly borer”) (Cephus pygmeus)
• other
  • krimb i bardhë (“June beetle”)
  • krimb i grurit (“grain weevil, corn weevil”) (Calandra granaria)
  • krimb jargavec (“slug”)
  • krimb i misrit (“European corn worm, European corn borer (caterpillar)”) (Ostrinia nubilalis)
  • krimb i murrmë (“turnip moth, turnip dart (caterpillar)”) (Agrotis segetum)

See also

• rrime
• kërmill

Further reading

• “krimb”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
• FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎^[1], 1980
• Newmark, Leonard (1999), “krimb”, in Oxford Albanian-English Dictionary‎^[2]