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Albanian
Etymology
Borrowed from Greek δεμάτι (demáti, “sheaf”).[1] Doublet of demet.
Noun
dhemat m (plural dhematë)
- (Arbëresh) sheaf, bale
- Synonyms: dorëz, demet
1873, Girolamo de Rada, Canti di Milosao, canto 1, page 14, lines 26–27:calὺζoret mby δemát / mbain caγγéλe.- [kallëzoret mbë dhemat / mbajn kangjele.]
- The gleaners sang near the sheaves.
References
- ^ Meyer, G. (1891) “δemát”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der albanesischen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the Albanian Language] (in German), Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, →DOI, page 84