bimë

See also: bime

Albanian

Alternative forms

  • bîmë (Gheg)

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *būmā, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH- (to grow) (compare Ancient Greek φῦμα (phûma), German Baum (tree)).[1]

Noun

bimë f (plural bimë, definite bima, definite plural bimët)

  1. plant

Declension

References

  1. Demiraj, B. (1997) Albanische Etymologien: Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz [Albanian Etymologies: []] (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 7) (in German), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 100
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.