gjemb

Albanian

Alternative forms

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

Etymology

Tosk form of Old Gheg glemb (Buzuku), 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
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative gjemb gjembi gjemba gjembat
accusative gjembin
dative gjembi gjembit gjembave gjembave
ablative gjembash

Derived terms

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