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Albanian
Etymology
Etymology unclear.[1] The linking particle suggests common development with the names for weekdays, compare e premte (“Friday”). It could be a suffixed form of krye (“head; beginning”)[2] or, according to Topalli, inherited from Proto-Indo-European *kerm- (“to sleep, to rest”); compare Old High German hirmen (“to rest, to pause”) and Lithuanian kirmiti (“to sleep”).[3]
Pronunciation
Noun
kremte f (plural kremte, definite kremtja, definite plural kremtet)
- holiday (especially religious)
- Synonyms: festë, kremtim
Declension
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References
- ^ Matzinger, Joachim (2006) Der Altalbanische Text Mbsuame e Krështerë (Dottrina Cristiana) des Lekë Matrënga von 1592, Dettelbach: J. H. Röll, page 225
- ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “kremte”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 195
- ^ Topalli, K. (2017) “kremte”, in Fjalor Etimologjik i Gjuhës Shqipe, Durrës, Albania: Jozef, pages 812-813
German
Verb
kremte
- inflection of kremen:
- first/third-person singular preterite
- first/third-person singular subjunctive II
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Old Norse krimta (onomatopoietic).
Verb
kremte (present tense kremter, past tense kremta or kremtet, past participle kremta or kremtet)
- (onomatopoeia) clear one's throat
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