kërmë
Albanian
Etymology
From South Slavic; compare Serbo-Croatian kŕma (“forage, fodder”), Bulgarian кърма (kǎrma, “forage, fodder; carrion”).[1][2]
Noun
kërmë f (indefinite plural kërma, definite singular kërma, definite plural kërmat)
- carrion
- (colloquial) carcass
- (derogatory) walking corpse
Synonyms
- cofëtinë, mërshë, mëshkenjë, ngordhësirë, stërvinë
References
- Gunnar Svane, Slavische Lehnwörter im Albanischen (Åarhus: Aarhus University Press, 1992), 132.
- Xhelal Ylli, Das slavische Lehngut im Albanischen, vol. 1: Lehnwörter (Munich: Otto Sagner, 1997), 113.