-çme
Albanian
Etymology
Gheg dialect, from Proto-Albanian *-(i)sama,[1] from Proto-Indo-European *somHós. Etymologically cognate with Old High German -sam (“-some”), Old Norse -samr (“-some”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tʃmɛ/
Suffix
-çme f (-çëm m)
- Makes feminine adjectives from verbs and nouns. The most common meaning the suffix carries is comparable to -able in English.
- mend/mendje (mind) — e meçme (smart)
- shnet (health) — e shnetçme (healthy)
- sot (today) — e soçme (fresh)
- mot (time) — e moçme (old)
Alternative forms
- -shëm, -shme (Tosk dialect)
Derived terms
Category Albanian terms suffixed with -çme not found
References
- Orel, Vladimir E. (2000) A concise historical grammar of the Albanian language: reconstruction of Proto-Albanian, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 164