cime

cime

See also: címe, cimé, and čime

Albanian

Etymology

From the root cim-, related to cimb, cimak, cëmat, cëmoj, cimël, etj.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈt͡simɛ/

Noun

címe f (plural cime, definite cimja, definite plural cimet)

  1. (regional) bleak (Alburnus, especially A. alburnus)
    Synonyms: korobace, pllashicë, cironkë, cirua, gjuhcë
  2. (regional) gudgeon
    Synonym: cironkë

Declension

Declension of cime
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative cime cimja cime cimet
accusative cimen
dative cimeje cimes cimeve cimeve
ablative cimesh

Descendants

  • Greek: τσίμα (tsíma, lake fish, similar to Atherina)

References

  1. ^ Çabej, E. (1987), “cime”, in Studime etimologjike në fushë të shqipes (in Albanian), volumes III: C–D, Tirana, page 39

Further reading

  • cime”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
  • FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[1], 1980

French

Etymology 1

    Inherited from Old French cime, from Latin cȳma, a borrowing from Ancient Greek κῦμα (kûma). Doublet of cyme.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /sim/
    • Audio:(file)
    • Rhymes: -im

    Noun

    cime f (plural cimes)

    1. peak, summit (of mountain)
    2. top (of tree)

    Etymology 2

    Clipping of cimetière.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /sim/

    Noun

    cime m (plural cimes)

    1. (France, informal) short for cimetière

    Further reading

    Irish

    Alternative forms

    • cimidh, cimeach, cimioch

    Etymology

    From Middle Irish cimme, cimmid, from Old Irish cimbid (captive, prisoner).

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈcɪmʲə/

    Noun

    cime m (genitive singular cime, nominative plural cimí)

    1. captive, prisoner

    Declension

    Declension of cime (fourth declension)
    bare forms
    singular plural
    nominative cime cimí
    vocative a chime a chimí
    genitive cime cimí
    dative cime cimí
    forms with the definite article
    singular plural
    nominative an cime na cimí
    genitive an chime na gcimí
    dative leis an gcime
    don chime
    leis na cimí

    Synonyms

    Derived terms

    • cimigh (commit (to prison); make captive, transitive verb)
    • iarchime (ex-prisoner)

    Mutation

    Mutated forms of cime
    radical lenition eclipsis
    cime chime gcime

    Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
    All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

    References

    Italian

    Noun

    cime f pl

    1. plural of cima

    Spanish

    Verb

    cime

    1. inflection of cimar:
      1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
      2. third-person singular imperative