tmerr

Albanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

According to Jokl, Tagliavini, Çabej a cognate to Proto-Slavic *mora (“nightmare”) / Ancient Greek μέριμνα (mérimna, “trouble, thought, uneasiness”).[1][2]

According to Orel borrowed from Latin timōrem.[3]

Noun

tmerr m (plural tmerre, definite tmerri, definite plural tmerret)

  1. terror, dread
  2. horror, something causing terror
    Synonym: lebeti

Declension

Declension of tmerr
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative tmerr tmerri tmerre tmerret
accusative tmerrin
dative tmerri tmerrit tmerreve tmerreve
ablative tmerresh

Derived terms

  • tmerrësisht
  • tmerrët
  • tmerrik
  • tmerrim
  • tmerrisht
  • tmerroj
  • tmerrshëm
  • tmerrtar
  • tmerruar

References

  1. ^ Jokl, Norbert (1911), Studien zur albanesischen Etymologie und Wortbildung (Sitzungsberichte der Philosophisch-Historischen Klasse der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften; 168) (in German), Vienna: A. Hölder, page 146
  2. ^ Çabej, Eqrem (1976), “tmerr”, in Studime Gjuhësore II, Studime Etimologjike në Fushë të Shqipes, Prishtinë: Rilindja, pages 187-189
  3. ^ Oryol, Vladimir E. (1998), “tmerr”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden; Boston; Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 458

Further reading

  • “tmerr”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
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