memec

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Albanian[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

From a South Slavic language, ultimately from Proto-Slavic *němьcь (“foreigner”), from *němъ (“mute”). Compare Serbo-Croatian Serbo-Croatian Nemac (“a German”), Macedonian Немец (Nemec), Bulgarian немец (nemec).[1]

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Noun[edit]

memec m (plural memecë, definite memeci, definite plural memecët)

  1. a mute person
  2. a reticent person

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References[edit]

  1. ^ Omari, Anila (2012) “memec”, in Marrëdhëniet Gjuhësore Shqiptaro-Serbe, Tirana, Albania: Krishtalina KH, pages 174-175
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