ofshamë

Albanian

Etymology

From ofsh +‎ -a- +‎ -më.

Noun

ofshamë f (definite ofshama)

  1. moaning and sighing; terrible suffering
  2. curse by someone wronged

Further reading

  • ofshamë”, 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
  • Newmark, Leonard (1999), “ofshamë”, in Oxford Albanian-English Dictionary