kërmë

Albanian

Alternative forms

kurm

Etymology

A variant of kurm (cf. dëllinjë vs. dullinjë, mëllenjë vs. mullenjë etc.). Others have proposed a South Slavic origin; compare Serbo-Croatian kŕma (“forage, fodder”), Bulgarian кърма (kǎrma, “forage, fodder; carrion”).^[1]^[2]

Noun

kërmë f (plural kërma, definite kërma, definite plural kërmat)

Synonyms

cofëtinë, mërshë, mëshkenjë, ngordhësirë, stërvinë

References

^ Gunnar Svane, Slavische Lehnwörter im Albanischen (Åarhus: Aarhus University Press, 1992), 132.
^ Xhelal Ylli, Das slavische Lehngut im Albanischen, vol. 1: Lehnwörter (Munich: Otto Sagner, 1997), 113.

[1] Gunnar Svane, Slavische Lehnwörter im Albanischen (Åarhus: Aarhus University Press, 1992), 132.

[2] Xhelal Ylli, Das slavische Lehngut im Albanischen, vol. 1: Lehnwörter (Munich: Otto Sagner, 1997), 113.

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