Dëmtimeve

Dëmtimeve is an Albanian grammatical form that functions as the dative plural of the noun dëmtim, meaning damage or injury. As a case form, dëmtimeve marks the indirect object in a sentence and is typically used in formal or specialized contexts rather than in everyday speech. In practice, it appears in legal, insurance, and administrative language where damages are the entity that is owed, compensated, or referred to in a claim.

The base word dëmtim comes from dëm (harm) with a suffix that creates an abstract noun for the concept of damage. The dative plural ending -ve is a standard Albanian inflection used when indicating beneficiaries or recipients of an action in plural form. Thus, dëmtimeve denotes “to the damages” or “to damages” in a way that parallels how similar forms function in other languages to designate the recipient of a liability, obligation, or compensation.

In use, dëmtimeve is typically encountered in phrases or clauses that discuss liability, claims, or settlements, where the damages are the focus of discussion or action. For speakers and writers, it is important to distinguish this form from the nominative or definite plural forms of dëmtim (dëmtime, dëmtimet), which refer to damages in a different syntactic role.

See also: Albanian grammar, Dative case, dëmtim, dëmtimet, dëm, damages in civil law.