komb

Albanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *tḱóymos (“village, home”), from Proto-Indo-European *tḱey- (“to settle, cultivate”). Compare Ancient Greek κεῖμαι (keîmai, “to lie down”), (perhaps) κώμη (kṓmē, “burg, unwalled village”), Irish caoimh (“dear”), Lithuanian kaimas (“village”), šeima (“family”), German Heim (“home”), Icelandic heimur (“abode, village, home, the world”).

Noun

komb m (indefinite plural kombe, definite singular kombi, definite plural kombet)

  1. nation, people, community, folk

Declension
Declension of komb
indefinite forms
(trajta të pashquara)		 definite forms
(trajta të shquara)
singular
(numri njëjës)		 plural
(numri shumës)		 singular
(numri njëjës)		 plural
(numri shumës)
nominative
(emërore)		 (një) komb (disa) kombe kombi kombet
accusative
(kallëzore)		 (një) komb (disa) kombe kombin kombet
genitive
(gjinore)
(i/e/të/së)		 (një) kombi (disa) kombeve kombit kombevet
dative
(dhanore)		 (një) kombi (disa) kombeve kombit kombevet
ablative
(rrjedhore)
(prej)		 (një) kombi (disa) kombesh kombit kombevet

Derived terms

References
  1. Fialuur i voghel Sccyp e ltinisct (Small Dictionary of Albanian and Latin), page 59, by P. Jak Junkut, 1895, Sckoder
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