kumbull
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Albanian
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Indo-European *gem- (“to grab, grip; be full”). Close to Old English cumbol (“wound, swelling, lump, growth”), Lithuanian gùmulas (“clump, ball, tangle, knot”), Old Norse kumla (“squeeze”), Middle Irish gemel (“shackles, gyve, manacles, handcuff”). Similar formation to kungull and brumbull. Alternatively from Ancient Greek κοκκύμελον (kokkúmelon, “red apple”).[1][2]
Noun
[edit]kumbull f (plural kumbulla, definite kumbulla, definite plural kumbullat)
- plum (Prunus domestica)
- Kumbullat e djeshme qenë fort të shijshme.
- Yesterdays plums were very tasty.
- (figurative) a healthy, beautiful woman
Declension
[edit]Declension of kumbull
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | kumbull | kumbulla | kumbulla | kumbullat |
accusative | kumbullën | |||
dative | kumbulle | kumbullës | kumbullave | kumbullave |
ablative | kumbullash |
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Topalli, K. (2017) “kumbull”, in Fjalor Etimologjik i Gjuhës Shqipe, Durrës, Albania: Jozef, page 837
- ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “kumbull”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 204