mënd

See also: mend

Albanian

Etymology 1

Borrowed through Vulgar Latin from Latin mōmentum.[1]

Noun

mënd m (plural mënde, definite mëndi, definite plural mëndet)

  1. moment
    Synonym: moment
Declension

Etymology 2

From Proto-Albanian *mand-, from Proto-Albanian *manzda, nasal present of Proto-Albanian *mazdnja (to feed, fatten) (modern maj);[2] alternatively from *mh̥₂-n-d-,[3] also a nasal present of *mh̥₂dnje/o (modern maj). More at maj.

Verb

mënd (aorist mënda, participle mëndur)

  1. to feed
  2. to suckle
Inflection
Derived terms

References

  1. Orel, Vladimir E. (1998), mënd”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden; Boston; Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 260
  2. Orel, Vladimir E. (1998), mënd”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden; Boston; Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 260
  3. Demiraj, B. (1997) Albanische Etymologien: Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz [Albanian Etymologies: []] (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 7) (in German), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 265
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