-çëm

-çëm

See also: CEM, Cem, cem, cèm, čem, çem, and Çem

Albanian

Alternative forms

• -shëm (Standard, Tosk)

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): /tʃəm/

Suffix

-çëm m (-çme f)

1. Makes masculine adjectives from verbs and nouns. The most common meaning the suffix carries is comparable to -able in English.

   mend/mendje (mind) — i meçëm (smart)

   shnet (health) — i shnetçëm (healthy)

   sot (today) — i soçëm (fresh)

   mot (time) — i moçëm (old)

Derived terms

Category Albanian terms suffixed with -çëm not found

References

1. Orel, Vladimir E. (2000) A concise historical grammar of the Albanian language: reconstruction of Proto-Albanian‎, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 164