dhemb

See also: dhëmb

Albanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *dzemba, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵembʰ- (to bite). Compare Sanskrit जम्भति (jambhati, to snap at) and Lithuanian žembiù (to cut).[2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ðɛmb]

Verb

dhemb (participle dhembur)

  1. (intransitive) to smart, feel pain

Conjugation

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Fialuur i voghel Sccyp e ltinisct (Small Dictionary of Albanian and Latin), page 27, by P. Jak Junkut, 1895, Sckoder
  2. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “dhemb”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 81