cmbërdhazët

Albanian

Etymology

From an earlier regular form *cmbërdhaztë. Same root as mbërdhi, mërdhij, and mërdhas. The alteration of the initial spirant s (neutral) into an affricate t͡s has an expressive meaning. The suffix -azët is analogic after -aza.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /t͡smbəɾˈðazət/

Adjective

i cmbërdhazët (feminine e cmbërdhazët, masculine plural të cmbërdhazët, feminine plural të cmbërdhazëta)

  1. scrawny
    Synonym: cingëliq

References

  1. ^ Çabej, E. (1987), “cmbërdhazët”, in Studime etimologjike në fushë të shqipes (in Albanian), volumes III: C–D, Tirana, page 52

Further reading

  • “cmbërdhazët”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
  • FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[1], 1980
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