lemzë

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Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *glem-, probably incorporating the -zë suffix.[1] Compare Lithuanian glemža (“babbler”), glęmas (“slime, mucus”).

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Noun

lemzë f (plural lemza, definite lemza, definite plural lemzat)

  1. hiccup, involuntary spasms
  2. female sexual organ

Declension

Declension of lemzë
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative lemzë lemza lemza lemzat
accusative lemzën
dative lemze lemzës lemzave lemzave
ablative lemzash

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (2000) A concise historical grammar of the Albanian language: reconstruction of Proto-Albanian‎, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 153

Further reading

  • “lemzë”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
  • “lemzë”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎ (in Albanian), 1980
  • Newmark, L. (1999) “lemzë”, in Oxford Albanian-English Dictionary‎
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