lumak

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *lubnaka, from Proto-Indo-European *leubh (“to peel, to skin”). Cognate to Lithuanian lubà (“board (of a ceiling)”), Latvian luba (“bark, board”), Old Prussian lubbo (“board”) and Proto-Slavic *lьbь (“forehead, skull”).[1]

Noun

lumak f

  1. bud, shoot; lichen, moss

Declension

Declension of lumak
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative lumak lumaku lumaqe lumaqet
accusative lumakun
dative lumaku lumakut lumaqeve lumaqeve
ablative lumaqesh

References

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “lumak”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 235

Further reading

  • “lumak”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
  • FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[1], 1980
  • Newmark, L. (1999) “lumak”, in Oxford Albanian-English Dictionary‎[2]
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