xhufkim

Albanian

Etymology

From xhufkon +‎ -im.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dʒufˈkim/

Noun

xhufkím m (plural xhufkime, definite xhufkimi, definite plural xhufkimet)

  1. the process of growing cornsilk (in corn plants)

Declension

Declension of xhufkim
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative xhufkim xhufkimi xhufkime xhufkimet
accusative xhufkimin
dative xhufkimi xhufkimit xhufkimeve xhufkimeve
ablative xhufkimesh
Verbal nouns in -im are grammatically masculine when singular and grammatically feminine in the plural.

References

  1. ^ Kolec, Topalli (2015), “Nga vepra fjalor etimologjik i gjuhës shqipe VIII”, in Studime Filologjike, volumes 3-4, Tirana: Akademia e Shkencave e RSH, page 213

Further reading

  • “xhufkim”, 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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