dimër

See also: dimer, Dimer, and dímer

Albanian

Alternative forms
  • dimën (Gheg)

Etymology

From late Proto-Albanian *dimənə < *ðimənə, from early Proto-Albanian *j́īmanʉh, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰéy-mō < *ǵʰey- (“winter”). Orel reconstructs Proto-Albanian *deimena.[1] Cognate with Ancient Greek χειμών (kheimṓn, “winter”) and the like.[2]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈdiməɾ]

Noun

dimër m (indefinite plural dimra, definite singular dimri, definite plural dimrat)

  1. winter

Declension
Declension of dimër
indefinite definite
singular plural singular plural
nominative dimër dimra dimri dimrat
accusative dimrin
dative dimri dimrave dimrit dimravet
ablative dimrash

Derived terms
  • dimërak
  • dimërishtë
  • dimëroj
  • dimëror
  • dimërues

See also

References
  1. Orel, Vladimir (1998) Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 66
  2. Schumacher, Stefan; Matzinger, Joachim (2013) Die Verben des Altalbanischen: Belegwörterbuch, Vorgeschichte und Etymologie (Albanische Forschungen; 33) (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 227
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