gjumë

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *supna, from Proto-Indo-European *súpnos (compare Latin somnus, Lithuanian sãpnas, Ancient Greek ὕπνος (húpnos), Proto-Slavic *sъnъ).[1] Also reconstructed as Proto-Albanian *źupnʉh. modërn -ë descends from Proto-Indo-European *-ós as Proto-Albanian *-ʉh[2]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɟumə/

Noun

gjumë m (definite gjumi)

  1. sleep
  2. lethargy

Declension
Declension of gjumë
indefinite definite
nominative gjumë gjumi
accusative gjumin
dat./abl. gjumi gjumit

Synonyms
  • fjetje

Derived terms
  • gjumash
  • pagjumë
  • gjumth

References
  1. Schumacher, Stefan, Matzinger, Joachim (2013) Die Verben des Altalbanischen: Belegwörterbuch, Vorgeschichte und Etymologie (Albanische Forschungen; 33) (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 215
  2. Matasovic, Ranko. A Grammatical Sketch of Albanian for Students of Indo-European. 2019. Zagreb. page 11.
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