mbrëmë
Albanian
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- (Tosk) mbrëmje, mbramë
- (Gheg) mrâm [mɾɑ̃m] (evening),[1] prâm (“yesterevening”) [pɾɑ̃m]
- (southern Gheg) mrõm [mɻõːm]
- (Arvanite) πρέμε (premë) [pɾɛmə][2]
Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Albanian *en-prama, the second element of which is used throughout Gheg subdialects on its own, and is from Proto-Albanian *pramā-, from Proto-Indo-European *promeh₂- (“last, rear part of the day”).[3] Related to Proto-Germanic *fram, Ancient Greek πρόμος (prómos), Umbrian promom, and Lithuanian pi̇̀rmas.
Noun
[edit]mbrëmë f (plural mbrëmje, definite mbrëmja, definite plural mbrëmjet)
Synonyms
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[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Fialuur i voghel Sccyp e ltinisct (Small Dictionary of Albanian and Latin), page 82, by P. Jak Junkut, 1895, Sckoder
- ^ Λεξικόν της Ρωμαϊκοις και Αρβανητηκής Απλής (Lexicon of the simple Romaic and Arbanitic language), page 143 & 230, by Markos Botsaris
- ^ Demiraj, Bardhyl et al. (2021), “mbrëmë”, in DPEWA. Digitales Philologisch-Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altalbanischen [DPEWA. Digital Philological-Etymological Dictionary of Old Albanian]