thërrmijë

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Albanian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Compare thërrmoj (crumble), thërrime (crumb), seemingly suffixed with -i.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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thërrmijë f (plural thërrmija)

  1. crumb (esp. of bread, cheese), bit, fragment
    Synonyms: thërrime, dromcë, grimcë
    • 1555, Gjon Buzuku, Meshari, Luke 16:21, page 48v, lines 12–14:
      tue deseruõ me ȣ ẽ / ћignune: ẽ fermisit ћi ꝑ ẽdene truesse teh / beћatet bignine:
      [tue dëshëruom me u ënginjunë ën fërmishit qi për ëndënë tryesë të begatët binjinë]
      wishing to be satiated with the crumbs that were falling under the table of the rich man
    • 1621, Pjetër Budi, Rituale romanum, Rome, page 28, lines 21–22:
      easctu ende baamgatij, pak ξξerremij buke
      [e ashtu ende bām gatī, pak thërrëmī buke]
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  2. particle, granule
    Synonyms: thërrime, grimcë, kokrrizë
  3. (physics) particle; molecule; atom
    Synonyms: grimcë; molekulë; atom
  4. a very small part of something
    një thërrmijë të dijesa speck of knowledge
  5. (figurative, dialectal) darling
    Synonyms: shpirt, xhan

Derived terms

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References

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  • “thërrmíj/ë,~a”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[1] (in Albanian), 1980, page 2064b
  • Mann, S. E. (1948) “thërmí”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 534b
  • Rossi, F. (1875) “ξξermìi”, in Vocabolario della lingua epirotica–italiana (in Italian), page 1370b

Further reading

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  • Çabej, Eqrem (1966) “Studime rreth etimologjisë së gjuhës shqipe XXIII”, in Studime filologjike[2] (in Albanian), number 4, page 61f.