dhemb

See also: dhëmb

Albanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *δemb-, 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 (first-person singular past tense dhembi, participle dhembur)

  1. to smart, feel pain

Inflection

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. Albanische Etymologien (Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz), Bardhyl Demiraj, Leiden Studies in Indo-European 7; Amsterdam - Atlanta 1997, p.156
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