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Albanian
Etymology
Gheg dialect, from Proto-Albanian *-(i)sama,[1] from Proto-Indo-European *somHós. Etymologically cognate with Old High German -sam (“-some”), Old Norse -samr (“-some”).
Pronunciation
Suffix
-çëm m (-çme f)
- Makes masculine adjectives from verbs and nouns. The most common meaning the suffix carries is comparable to -able in English.
- mend/mendje (mind) — i meçëm (smart)
- shnet (health) — i shnetçëm (healthy)
- sot (today) — i soçëm (fresh)
- mot (time) — i moçëm (old)
Derived terms
Category Albanian terms suffixed with -çëm not found
References
- ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (2000) A concise historical grammar of the Albanian language: reconstruction of Proto-Albanian, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 164