çajme

Albanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From the family of çajgëz (“little gull”) and çajzë with -me suffix.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃajmɛ/

Noun

çajme f (plural çajme, definite çajmja, definite plural çajmet)

  1. red-backed shrike (Lanius collurio)
  2. heron (Ardea cinerea)
    Synonyms: çafkë, çapëthime, çapë, gatë, çafkëthime, agjëronjë
  3. (regional, Vlorë) bird of the family (Phalacrocoracidae)
    Synonyms: karabullak, vranç

Declension

Declension of çajme
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative çajme çajmja çajme çajmet
accusative çajmen
dative çajmeje çajmes çajmeve çajmeve
ablative çajmesh

Descendants

  • → Aromanian: čeámne (“great bustard”)[2]

References

  1. ^ Çabej, E. (1987), “çajme”, in Studime etimologjike në fushë të shqipes (in Albanian), volumes III: C–D, Tirana, page 77
  2. ^ Papahagi (1974), page 430: “čeámne”

Further reading

  • “çajme”, 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
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