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Albanian
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Macedonian, compare Ancient Greek παλάμη (palámē).
Noun
pëllëmbë f (plural pëllëmbë, definite pëllëmba, definite plural pëllëmbët)
- palm (part of the hand)
- Synonym: shuplakë
- mbaj në pëllëmbë ― to hold in the palm
- span (unit of length)
- dy pëllëmbë i gjatë ― two spans long
- (figurative) plot (small portion of land)
Declension
References
- “pëllëmbë”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
- ^ Huld, Martin E. (1986). "Accentual Stratification of Ancient Greek Loanwords in Albanian". Zeitschrift für vergleichende Sprachforschung. 99 (2): 245–253.