gjemb

Albanian

Alternative forms
  • Tosk: gjëmb
  • Gheg: glëmb, glëmp
  • Arbëreshë: glëmbë, gljëmbë
  • Arvanitika: glimp, gljimp, glimb

Etymology

Tosk form of Gheg glëmb, from Proto-Albanian *glamba, from Proto-Indo-European *glembʰ- (compare Old Church Slavonic глѫбъ (glǫbŭ, “trunk, stump”), Ancient Greek γλάφω (gláphō, “I scrape up”)). Compare also Romanian ghimpe.

Noun

gjemb m (plural gjemba, definite gjembi, definite plural gjembat)

  1. thorn

Declension
Declension of gjemb
indefinite definite
singular plural singular plural
nominative gjemb gjemba gjembi gjembat
accusative gjembin
dative gjembi gjembave gjembit gjembavet
ablative gjembash

Derived terms
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