epërm

Albanian

Etymology

From epër[1][2] + -m (adj. suffix). See epër (“high, upwards, up”) for more.

Adjective

(i) épërm m (feminine epërme)

  1. upper, overhead, top, over, higher, superior, supreme
    (“i epërm m” and “e epërme f” often appear in names of villages, streets, rivers, etc. Cf. “Budrika e Epërme”, “Stublla e Epërme”, “Dumnica e Epërme”, “Lluka e Epërme'” (same as english “Upper”))

Synonyms

Antonyms
  • epër, epërmi, epërme, epërsi, epërsia, epërsitë
  • mësipërm, mësipërme
  • sipërm, sipërme
  • tepër, tepërt, tepërm, tepërmi
  • vepër

References
  1. Demiraj, Bardhyl (1997) Albanische Etymologien: Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz [Albanian Etymologies: Investigations into the Albanian Inherited Lexicon] (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 7)‎ (in German), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 167
  2. Orel, Vladimir (1998) Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 89

Further reading
  • adjective "(i) epërm / (i) épërm" m. (engl. upper) - f. (e) épërme / (e) épërme • "Fjalor Shqip" (Albanian Dictionary)
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