thembër

Albanian

Alternative forms

• themër, thëmër

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *tsambrā, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ḱh₂emb- (“bent, crooked”) (compare Ancient Greek σκαμβός (skambós), Old Irish camm, Swedish skimpa (“to hop”)).

Noun

thembër f (plural thembra, definite thembra, definite plural thembrat)

1. heel
2. (figurative) edge of cake or bread

   Synonym: qenar

Declension

Declension of thembër

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	thembër	thembra	thembra	thembrat
accusative		thembrën
dative	thembre	thembrës	thembrave	thembrave
ablative			thembrash

Further reading

• “thembër”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
• FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎^[1], 1980
• Newmark, L. (1999), “thembër”, in Oxford Albanian-English Dictionary‎^[2]