stromë

See also: strome, ströme, stromě, Strome, and Ströme

Albanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈstromə/
• Rhymes: -omə

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Greek στρώμα (stróma). Compare strugë, strum, shtrungë.

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Alternative forms

• shtromë — only sense 1

Noun

stromë f (plural stromë, definite stroma, definite plural stromët)

2. mattress, bed

   Synonyms: dyshek, shtrojë

3. bedspread, bedsheet
4. saddle padding, saddlecloth
5. Synonym of lehe and vllajë

Declension

Declension of stromë

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	stromë	ëa	ëa	ëat
accusative		stromën
dative	ëe	stromës	ëave	ëave
ablative			ëash

References

• “stróm/ë,~a”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎^[1], 1980, page 1797a
• Mann, S. E. (1948) “stromë”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 463a
• Meyer, G. (1891) “štriń”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der albanesischen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the Albanian Language] (in German), Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, →DOI, page 418

Etymology 2

Internationalism, compare French stroma, Italian stroma, German Stroma. Ultimately a doublet of the homograph above.

Noun

stromë f (plural stromë, definite stroma, definite plural stromët) (medicine, biology)

1. stroma (organ tissue)

References

• “stróm/ë,~a”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎^[2], 1980, page 1797a

Etymology 3

Compare synonymous strokë, kromë (“scabies”).

Noun

stromë f (dialectal)

1. scabies

   Synonyms: zgjebe, strokë, kromë

References

• Mann, S. E. (1948) “stromë”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 463a

Etymology 4

Perhaps a semantic shift from § Etymology 1.

Noun

stromë f (dialectal)

1. big, coarse woman

   stromë e keqe ― old hag

References

• Mann, S. E. (1948) “stromë”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 463a