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Albanian
Etymology
From epër[1][2] + -m (adj. suffix). See epër (“high, upwards, up”) for more.
Adjective
(i) épërm (feminine epërme)
- upper, overhead, top, over, higher, superior, supreme
- (“i epërm m” and “e epërme f” often appear in names of villages, streets, rivers, etc. Cf. “Budrika e Epërme”, “Stublla e Epërme”, “Dumnica e Epërme”, “Lluka e Epërme'” (same as english “Upper”))
Synonyms
Antonyms
- epër, epërmi, epërme, epërsi, epërsia, epërsitë
- mësipërm, mësipërme
- sipërm, sipërme
- tepër, tepërt, tepërm, tepërmi
- vepër
References
- ^ Demiraj, B. (1997) Albanische Etymologien: Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz [Albanian Etymologies: ] (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 7) (in German), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 167
- ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “epërm”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 89
Further reading
- adjective "(i) epërm / (i) épërm" m. (engl. upper) - f. (e) épërme / (e) épërme • "Fjalor Shqip" (Albanian Dictionary)