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)

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