lumë

See also: lume

Albanian

Alternative forms

• lum

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *lumā, from Proto-Indo-European *lew(ə) (“dirt”). Etymologically identical with Ancient Greek λῦμα (lûma, “dirt”) (Greek λύμα (lýma)).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [lumə]

Noun

lumë m (plural lumenj, definite lumi, definite plural lumenjtë)

1. river

Declension

Declension of lumë

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	lumë	lumi	lumenj	lumenjtë
accusative		lumin
dative	lumi	lumit	lumenjve	lumenjve
ablative			lumenjsh

Related terms

• llum

Further reading

• FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎^[1], 1980
• “lumë”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
• Newmark, L. (1999) “lumë”, in Oxford Albanian-English Dictionary‎^[2]