tremb

Albanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *trem(b)-, from Proto-Indo-European *trem- (“to tripp, patter, tremble”). Cognate to Latin tremo (“to tremble”). A formation with labial "epenthesis" in stem auslaut.

Verb

tremb (aorist tremba, participle trembur) (transitive)

  1. to frighten, scare
  2. to get a fright

Further reading

  • “tremb”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
  • FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[1], 1980
  • Newmark, L. (1999) “tremb”, in Oxford Albanian-English Dictionary‎[2]
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