-çëm

See also: Appendix:Variations of "cem"

Albanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Gheg dialect, from Proto-Albanian *-(i)sama,[1] from Proto-Indo-European *somHós. Etymologically cognate with Old High German -sam (“-some”), Old Norse -samr (“-some”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /tʃəm/

Suffix

-çëm m (-çme f)

  1. Makes masculine adjectives from verbs and nouns. The most common meaning the suffix carries is comparable to -able in English.
    mend/mendje (mind) — i meçëm (smart)
    shnet (health) — i shnetçëm (healthy)
    sot (today) — i soçëm (fresh)
    mot (time) — i moçëm (old)

Derived terms
Category Albanian terms suffixed with -çëm not found

References
  1. Orel, Vladimir E. (2000) A concise historical grammar of the Albanian language: reconstruction of Proto-Albanian‎, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 164
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