krimb

• krimp, krym — Gheg
• krimë — Tosk
• (plural): kërmij, kërminj

From Proto-Albanian *krima, earlier *krimi, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷŕ̥mis, with the -b suffix. Cognate with Lithuanian kirmìs, Serbo-Croatian cȓv, Persian کرم (kerm), Sanskrit कृमि (kṛ́mi).

• IPA^(key): /kɾimb/

krimb m (plural krimba, definite krimbi, definite plural krimbat)

1. worm
2. grub, larva

• worms
  • krimb i dheut, krimb i shiut, krimb i tokës (“earthworm”)
  • krimb i mëndafshit (“silkworm”) (Bombyx mori)
  • krimb i shtypur (“pork tapeworm”)
  • krimb i teltë (“wireworm”) (Agriotes lineatus)
• larvae
  • krimb i bizeles (“pea midge larva”) (Contarinia pisi)
  • krimb i boçeve (“bollworm larva”) (Chloridea obsoleta)
  • krimb i kashtës (së grurit) (“larva of wheat stem sawfly, wheat sawfly borer”) (Cephus pygmeus)
• other
  • krimb i bardhë (“June beetle”)
  • krimb i grurit (“grain weevil, corn weevil”) (Calandra granaria)
  • krimb jargavec (“slug”)
  • krimb i misrit (“European corn worm, European corn borer (caterpillar)”) (Ostrinia nubilalis)
  • krimb i murrmë (“turnip moth, turnip dart (caterpillar)”) (Agrotis segetum)

• rrime
• kërmill