mbrëmë

Albanian
Alternative forms
  • (Tosk) mbrëmje, mbramë
  • (Gheg) mrâm [mɾɑ̃m] (evening) [1], prâm [pɾɑ̃m] (yesterevening)
  • (Arvanite) πρέμε (premë) [pɾɛmə] [2]

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *en-prama, the second element being close to Greek πρόμος (prómos, “foremost man”), Gothic 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌼 (fram, “from”) and Old High German fram (“id”)[3].

Noun

mbrëmë f (indefinite plural mbrëmje, definite singular mbrëmja, definite plural mbrëmjet)

  1. evening
  2. yesternight, yesterevening, last night
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References
  1. Fialuur i voghel Sccyp e ltinisct (Small Dictionary of Albanian and Latin), page 82, by P. Jak Junkut, 1895, Sckoder
  2. Λεξικόν της Ρωμαϊκοις και Αρβανητηκής Απλής (Lexicon of the simple Romaic and Arbanitic language), page 143 & 230, by Markos Botsaris
  3. Orel, Vladimir (1998), “mbrëmë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, page 252
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