tremb

Albanian

Alternative forms

• trëmb — Tosk
• trem — Gheg

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *trem(b)-, from Proto-Indo-European *trem- (“to tripp, patter, tremble”). Cognate to Latin tremo (“to tremble”). A formation with labial "epenthesis" in stem auslaut.

Verb

tremb (aorist tremba, participle trembur) (transitive)

1. to frighten, scare
2. to get a fright

Related terms

• drambur

Further reading

• “tremb”, 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, Leonard (1999), “tremb”, in Oxford Albanian-English Dictionary‎^[2], Oxford: Oxford University Press