kërmë

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Albanian[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

A variant of kurm (cf. dëllinjë vs. dullinjë, mëllenjë vs. mullenjë etc.). Others have proposed a South Slavic origin; compare Serbo-Croatian kŕma (“forage, fodder”), Bulgarian кърма (kǎrma, “forage, fodder; carrion”).[1][2]

Noun[edit]

kërmë f (plural kërma, definite kërma, definite plural kërmat)

  1. carrion
  2. (colloquial) carcass
  3. (derogatory) walking corpse

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References[edit]

  1. ^ Gunnar Svane, Slavische Lehnwörter im Albanischen (Åarhus: Aarhus University Press, 1992), 132.
  2. ^ Xhelal Ylli, Das slavische Lehngut im Albanischen, vol. 1: Lehnwörter (Munich: Otto Sagner, 1997), 113.
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