qime

== Albanian == === Alternative forms === qyme — dialectal qym m — Gheg, dialectal çymbe — Borgo Erizzo gjime — obsolete, Gheg qim, qimë, qimbë — dialectal kime, kimë, kjymë — northern Gheg, dialectal === Etymology === Ultimately from Ancient Greek κῦμα (kûma, “sprout of a plant”), likely through Latin cȳma (“sprout of cabbage”). Compare Aromanian ciumã (“tuft, flock of wool”). Traditionally connected to Latin coma (“hair of the head”), compare Italian chioma. The usage of the term for various diseases, for which compare also qimëz, is shared with Aromanian ciumã, giumcã (“swelling, tumor”), Romanian ciumă (“plague”). See the latter for other Balkan cognates. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈcime/ Rhymes: -ime === Noun === qime f (plural qime, definite qimja, definite plural qimet) hair a hair (single filament) Synonyms: fill, (of the head specifically) flok hair (totality of filaments covering the skin); fur beard and moustache, facial hair of man (specifically) S'i ka dalë qimja ende. ― His beard hasn't started growing yet. thread, strand, filament of wool Synonym: fije Technical senses: (botany) root hair (anatomy) villus hairspring Deseases: roundworm, nematode (esp. Enterobius) Synonym: qime e gjallë roundworm infestation Synonym: qimëz gangrene Synonyms: qimëz, gangrenë Të hëngrët qimja! ― May you get grangrene! (dialectal) cancer Synonym: kancer ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === References === FGJSSH (1980), pages 1610f.: “qím/e,~ja” DPEWA, “qíme”; Topalli (2017), page 1221: “qime”; Papahagi DDAGE, pages 449f.: “čĭúmă1” Miklosich AF, vol. 2, page 16: “206. coma”; Meyer (1891), pages 226f.: “ḱimɛ”; Orel (1998), page 361: “qime” Mann (1948), page 417b: “qime” Tagliavini (1937), page 98: “čümbe” Leotti (1916), page 107: “kjime”; Weigand (1914), page 44a: “kjíme” Kristoforidhi (1904), page 188: “κϳίμε-ϳα” Jungg (1895), page 19b: “cȣm”, “cȣme”; Bashkimi (1908), page 68b: “cym”, “cymé” Rossi (1875), page 138ab: “chim, a”, page 177a: “ciȣ̀m, i”, pages 674f.: “kim, a”, page 677b: “kiȣm, a” Bardhi (1635), page 98: “pilus” → “chime”, page 145: “scorteus” → “nlessci, oò nchimess”, page 215