shtremb

Albanian

Alternative forms

shtrembër, Gheg shtramër, shtramt

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *štramba, close to Old Prussian strambo (“stubble”), Lithuanian strampas (“club, truncheon”), and Germanic *strambaz, in Norwegian dial. stramb (“strong smell”), Middle Low German stram (“strong, powerful”). Alternatively a derivative of Vulgar Latin *strambus, from Latin strabus, akin to Romanian strâmb.

Adjective

i shtremb m (feminine e shtrembta, masculine plural të shtremb, feminine plural të shtrembta)

crooked, bent, askew, crosswise

Derived terms

shtrembëroj
shtrembaluq
shtrembëri

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