Idëmshëm

Idëmshëm is an Albanian adjective that appears mainly as a contracted or dialectal spelling of the standard form i dëmshëm, meaning harmful or damaging. The root dëm means harm, and the suffix -shëm forms adjectives that describe a quality. In standard Albanian, the masculine singular form is i dëmshëm, the feminine form is e dëmshme; idëmshëm as a single word is not common in contemporary standard writing.

Usage and morphology

Idëmshëm is typically encountered only in dialectal, historical, or informal texts. In formal usage, one would normally write i dëmshëm before a masculine noun (e.g., një produkt i dëmshëm) or e dëmshme before a feminine noun. When a single-word form is recorded, it is generally treated as a nonstandard variant or an orthographic artifact rather than a widely accepted lemma.

Etymology and related forms

The word is built from the noun dëm (harm) with the adjectival suffix -shëm to express the quality of causing harm. Related terms include dëmtues (damaging agent), dëmtim (damage), and dëm (harm). The standard agreement patterns follow Albanian adjective morphology: i dëmshëm (masculine), e dëmshme (feminine), të dëmshëm (plural).

Notes

Idëmshëm is not listed as a separate lemma in mainstream Albanian dictionaries and is typically treated as a nonstandard or dialectal variant of i dëmshëm. For precise usage, it is advisable to follow standard orthography and use i dëmshëm/e dëmshme as appropriate to gender and number.