epërm

Albanian

Etymology

From epër[1][2] + -m (adj. suffix). See epër (“high, upwards, up”) for more.

Adjective

(i) épërm (feminine epërme)

  1. upper, overhead, top, over, higher, superior, supreme
    (“i epërm m” and “e epërme f” often appear in names of villages, streets, rivers, etc. Cf. “Budrika e Epërme”, “Stublla e Epërme”, “Dumnica e Epërme”, “Lluka e Epërme'” (same as english “Upper”))

Synonyms

Antonyms
  • epër, epërmi, epërme, epërsi, epërsia, epërsitë
  • mësipërm, mësipërme
  • sipërm, sipërme
  • tepër, tepërt, tepërm, tepërmi
  • vepër

References
  1. Demiraj, B. (1997) Albanische Etymologien: Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz [Albanian Etymologies: […]] (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 7)‎ (in German), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 167
  2. Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “epërm”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 89

Further reading
  • adjective "(i) epërm / (i) épërm" m. (engl. upper) - f. (e) épërme / (e) épërme • "Fjalor Shqip" (Albanian Dictionary)
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