stromë

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See also: strome, ströme, stromě, Strome, and Ströme

Albanian

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Greek στρώμα (stróma). Compare strugë, strum, shtrungë.

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Alternative forms

Noun

stromë f (plural stromë, definite stroma, definite plural stromët)

  2. mattress, bed
    Synonyms: dyshek, shtrojë
  3. bedspread, bedsheet
  4. saddle padding, saddlecloth
  5. Synonym of lehe and vllajë

Declension

Declension of stromë
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative stromë ëa ëa ëat
accusative stromën
dative ëe stromës ëave ëave
ablative ëash

References

  • “stróm/ë,~a”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎, 1980, page 1797a
  • Mann, S. E. (1948) “stromë”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 463a
  • Meyer, G. (1891) “štriń”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der albanesischen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the Albanian Language] (in German), Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, →DOI, page 418

Etymology 2

Internationalism, compare French stroma, Italian stroma, German Stroma. Ultimately a doublet of the homograph above.

Noun

stromë f (plural stromë, definite stroma, definite plural stromët) (medicine, biology)

  1. stroma (organ tissue)

References

  • “stróm/ë,~a”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎, 1980, page 1797a

Etymology 3

Compare synonymous strokë, kromë (“scabies”).

Noun

stromë f (dialectal)

  1. scabies
    Synonyms: zgjebe, strokë, kromë

References

  • Mann, S. E. (1948) “stromë”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 463a

Etymology 4

Perhaps a semantic shift from § Etymology 1.

Noun

stromë f (dialectal)

  1. big, coarse woman
    stromë e keqe ― old hag

References

  • Mann, S. E. (1948) “stromë”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 463a
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