kumbull
Albanian
Alternative forms
- kumull, kumëll
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *gem- (“to grab, grip; be full”). Close to Old English cumbol (“wound, swelling, lump, growth”), Lithuanian gùmulas (“clump, ball, tangle, knot”), Old Norse kumla (“squeeze”), Middle Irish gemel (“shackles, gyve, manacles, handcuff”). Similar formation to kungull and brumbull. Alternatively from Ancient Greek κοκκύμελον (kokkúmelon, “red apple”).[1][2]
Noun
kumbull f (plural kumbulla, definite kumbulla, definite plural kumbullat)
- plum (Prunus domestica)
- Kumbullat e djeshme qenë fort të shijshme.
- Yesterdays plums were very tasty.
- (figurative) a healthy, beautiful woman
Declension
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | kumbull | kumbulla | kumbulla | kumbullat |
| accusative | kumbullën | |||
| dative | kumbulle | kumbullës | kumbullave | kumbullave |
| ablative | kumbullash | |||
Derived terms
- kumbullishtë
- kumbullore
References
- ^ Topalli, Kolec (2017) “kumbull”, in Fjalor Etimologjik i Gjuhës Shqipe [Etymological Dictionary of the Albanian Language] (in Albanian), Durrës, Albania: Jozef, page 837
- ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “kumbull”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 204