tmerr

Albanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

According to Jokl, Tagliavini, Çabej a cognate to Proto-Slavic *mora (“nightmare”) / Ancient Greek μέριμνα (mérimna, “trouble, thought, uneasiness”).[1][2]

According to Orel borrowed from Latin timōrem.[3]

Noun

tmerr m (plural tmerre, definite tmerri, definite plural tmerret)

  1. terror, dread
  2. horror, something causing terror

Declension
Declension of tmerr
indefinite definite
singular plural singular plural
nominative tmerr tmerre tmerri tmerret
accusative tmerrin
dative tmerri tmerreve tmerrit tmerrevet
ablative tmerresh

Derived terms
  • tmerrësisht
  • tmerrët
  • tmerrik
  • tmerrim
  • tmerrisht
  • tmerroj
  • tmerrshëm
  • tmerrtar
  • tmerruar

References
  1. Jokl, Norbert (1911) Studien zur albanesischen Etymologie und Wortbildung (Sitzungsberichte der Philosophisch-Historischen Klasse der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften; 168) (in German), Vienna: A. Hölder, page 146
  2. Çabej, Eqrem (1976) “tmerr”, in Studime Gjuhësore II, Studime Etimologjike në Fushë të Shqipes, Prishtinë: Rilindja, pages 187-189
  3. Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “tmerr”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 458
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