dhëmb

Albanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *ðámba-, from Pre-Proto-Albanian *j́amba-, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵómbʰos (“tooth, peg”) (compare English comb, Greek γομφίος (gomfíos, “molar”), Serbo-Croatian zȗb (“tooth”)).[2][3]

Noun

dhëmb m (plural dhëmbë, definite dhëmbi, definite plural dhëmbët)

  1. tooth

Declension
Declension of dhëmb
indefinite definite
singular plural singular plural
nominative dhëmb dhëmbë dhëmbi dhëmbët
accusative dhëmbin
dative dhëmbi dhëmbëve dhëmbit dhëmbëvet
ablative dhëmbësh

References
  1. Fialuur i voghel Sccyp e ltinisct (Small Dictionary of Albanian and Latin), page 26, by P. Jak Junkut, 1895, Sckoder
  2. Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “dhëmb”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 82
  3. Demiraj, B. (1997) Albanische Etymologien: Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz [Albanian Etymologies: […]] (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 7)‎ (in German), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi
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