gjemb

Albanian

Alternative forms

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

Etymology

Tosk form of Gheg glëmb, 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 (indefinite plural gjemba, definite singular gjembi, definite plural gjembat)

thorn

Derived terms

gjembaç, i gjembtë, gjemth

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