lakmi

Albanian

Alternative forms

  • lakëmi (Old Albanian)

Etymology

Suffixed form of an unattested noun *lakëm, from a South Slavic language, compare Old Church Slavonic lakomъ (lakomŭ, “hungry”), Serbo-Croatian лаком (“greedy, covetous”). Ultimately from Proto-Slavic *olkomъ (“greedy”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lakˈmi/

Noun

lakmi f (plural lakmi, definite lakmia, definite plural lakmitë)

  1. greed
  2. ambition
  3. envy

Declension

Declension of lakmi
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative lakmi lakmia lakmi lakmitë
accusative lakminë
dative lakmie lakmisë lakmive lakmive
ablative lakmish

Derived terms

  • lakmoj
  • lakmesë
  • lakmitar
  • lakmues
  • lakmim

References

  1. ^ Omari, Anila (2012), "lakmi", in Marrëdhëniet gjuhësore shqiptaro-serbe, Tirana, Albania: Kristalina KH, page 182
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