kumbull

Albanian

Alternative forms

• kumull, kumëll

Etymology

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”).

Noun

kumbull f (indefinite plural kumbulla, definite singular kumbulla, definite plural kumbullat)

1. plum (Prunus domestica)

   Kumbullat e djeshme qenë fort të shijshme.

   Yesterdays plums were very tasty.

2. (figurative) a healthy, beautiful woman

Declension

Declension of kumbull

	indefinite		definite
	singular	plural	singular	plural
nominative	kumbull	kumbulla	kumbulla	kumbullat
accusative	kumbull	kumbulla	kumbullën	kumbullat
dative	kumbulle	kumbullave	kumbullës	kumbullavet
ablative		kumbullash

Derived terms

• kumbullishtë
• kumbullore