shemër

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Albanian

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Etymology

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Orel suggests a morphological transformation of Vulgar Latin *sub-marīta or *sub-marītica, a derivative of Latin marīta (married woman).[1] Çabej deems it an early borrowing from Proto-Slavic *sębrъ. A later borrowing sem(b)ër/sëmbër from the same source is attested across dialects. A derivative shmrijak (farming partner) is attested in Northern subdialects. Compare Serbo-Croatian sebar, Belarusian сябар (sjabar, friend).[2]

According to an alternative suggestion, possibly from Proto-Albanian *ùśko-ma-r (wife), from earlier *ùkso (to marry), from Proto-Indo-European *wVkV-so, compare Latin uxor (wife) and Sanskrit वच (vaca).(Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)

Pronunciation

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Noun

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shemër f (plural shemra, definite shemra, definite plural shemrat)

  1. second wife (in a polygamous marriage)
  2. co-wife (another wife of a woman’s husband)[3]
  3. enemy, opponent, nemesis
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References

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  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “shemër”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 411
  2. ^ Topalli, K. (2017) “shemër”, in Fjalor Etimologjik i Gjuhës Shqipe, Durrës, Albania: Jozef, page 1377
  3. ^ "SHEMËR", in Fjalori i Gjuhës së Sotme Shqipe, 1980, page 1684