jerm

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *erma. Compare Lithuanian ermas (“monster”), Latvian erms (“wonderful apparition”),[1] and also Old English gyrman, dialectal Danish jærme (“to lament, shriek”), dialectal Norwegian jerme (“to bleat”), dialectal Swedish jarma (“to lament, shriek”), Icelandic jarma (“to whine, complain, bleat”).

Noun

jerm m

  1. delirium, absent mindedness

Declension

Declension of jerm
singular
indefinite definite
nominative jerm jermi
accusative jermin
dative/ablative jermi jermit

References

  1. ^ Oryol, Vladimir E. (1998), “jerm”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden; Boston; Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 158

Further reading

  • “jerm”, in FMGJSH: Fjalor i madh i gjuhës shqipe (in Albanian), 2026
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