gjurmëve

Gjurmëve is an Albanian-language form related to gjurmë, meaning trace, imprint, or footprint. The word gjurmëve is the genitive or dative plural form of gjurmë, and it appears in contexts describing multiple traces or indicating relation to traces. In everyday usage, gjurmëve can refer to signs left by actions, events, or processes.

In scientific and scholarly contexts, gjurmët denotes evidence of past activity. In archaeology and paleontology, the term covers traces such as footprints, tool marks, and sedimentary imprints that survive after the original object is gone. In geology and earth sciences, geological records and sedimentary structures can be described as gjurmë of past environments. In biology and ecology, animal tracks and chemical or behavioral cues can also be discussed as gjurmë.

In forensic science and criminology, traces recovered at a scene may be described as gjurmë, including marks, residues, or impressions that help reconstruct events. In everyday language, the term is often used metaphorically, as in expressions about “gjurmët e një ngjarjeje” (the traces of an event) or “gjurmët e një kohe të kaluar” (traces of a past era).

Overall, gjurmëve functions as a versatile term in Albanian for signs or remnants left by people, organisms, or natural processes, spanning both concrete physical traces and more abstract evidence of past phenomena.