shtremb
Albanian
Alternative forms
- shtrembër, Gheg shtramër, shtramt
Etymology
From Proto-Albanian *štramba, close to Old Prussian strambo (“stubble”), Lithuanian strampas (“club, truncheon”), and Germanic *strambaz, in Norwegian dial. stramb (“strong smell”), Middle Low German stram (“strong, powerful”). Alternatively a derivative of Vulgar Latin *strambus, from Latin strabus, akin to Romanian strâmb.
Adjective
i shtremb m (feminine e shtrembta, masculine plural të shtremb, feminine plural të shtrembta)
- crooked, bent, askew, crosswise
Derived terms
- shtrembëroj
- shtrembaluq
- shtrembëri