-çëm

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See also: Appendix:Variations of "cem"

Albanian[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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[edit]

Suffix[edit]

-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[edit]

Category Albanian terms suffixed with -çëm not found

References[edit]

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