njomë

See also: njome

Albanian

Alternative forms

  • njomur, ngjomë (Gheg), nglomë

Etymology

From dialectal ngjomë, nglomë, from Proto-Albanian *glāima, from Proto-Indo-European *gleh₁i-m- (compare English clammy, Lithuanian gléima (“slime”)), enlargement of *gleih₁- (“to stick, adhere”).[1]

Adjective

i njomë (feminine plural të njoma)

  1. moist

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Oryol, Vladimir E. (1998), “njomë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden; Boston; Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 305

Further reading

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