lëmaqe

Albanian

Etymology

Singularized plural of *lëmak, a derivative of lëmë, from Proto-Albanian *lamā, cognate to Old High German lam (“lame”), Proto-Slavic *lomь (“breaking; crow-bar; broken branches”).[1]

Noun

lëmaqe pl

  1. expanse of rubble, stone-slide, pile of stones

References
  1. Orel, Vladimir E. (2000) A concise historical grammar of the Albanian language: reconstruction of Proto-Albanian‎, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 157
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