hasm

Albanian

Alternative forms
  • asm, hasëm — archaic

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish خصم (hasm, hasım, “enemy”),[1] from Arabic خَصْم (ḵaṣm).

Noun

hasm m (plural hasmë, definite hasmi)

  1. enemy in a blood feud
    Synonym: gjakës
  2. (colloquial) enemy
    Synonym: armik

Declension
Declension of hasm
indefinite definite
singular plural singular plural
nominative hasm hasmë hasmi hasmët
accusative hasmin
dative hasmi hasmëve hasmit hasmëvet
ablative hasmësh

Derived terms

References
  1. Bufli, G., Rocchi, L. (2021) “hasm”, in A historical-etymological dictionary of Turkisms in Albanian (1555–1954), Trieste: Edizioni Università di Trieste, page 194

Further reading
  • “hasm”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
  • “hasm”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎ (in Albanian), 1980
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