lakmi

Albanian

Alternative forms
  • lakëmi (Old Albanian)

Etymology

Suffixed form of an unattested noun *lakëm, from a South Slavic language, compare Old Church Slavonic lakomъ (lakomŭ, “hungry”), Serbo-Croatian лаком (“greedy, covetous”). Ultimately from Proto-Slavic *olkomъ (“greedy”).[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /lakˈmi/

Noun

lakmi f (plural lakmi, definite lakmia, definite plural lakmitë)

  1. greed
  2. ambition
  3. envy

Derived terms
  • lakmoj
  • lakmesë
  • lakmitar
  • lakmues
  • lakmim

References
  1. Omari, Anila (2012), "lakmi", in Marrëdhëniet gjuhësore shqiptaro-serbe, Tirana, Albania: Kristalina KH, page 182
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