mbiemërtues

Mbiemërtues is a term used in Albanian linguistics to describe a productive derivational suffix category that forms words indicating an agent of an action or a related property. The core idea is that a verb stem (or, less commonly, a base noun) can take the suffix -ues to yield a noun that names the doer of the action or a word that expresses a relationship or characteristic associated with the base.

In practice, the suffix -ues attaches to verb stems to produce agent nouns. Examples commonly cited in Albanian usage include lexues (reader) from lexoj (to read) and shikues (observer/viewer) from shikoj (to look. These forms function as nouns in sentences and can serve as subjects or objects, often with the definite article applied as in lexuesi, shikuesi.

The mbiemërtues category is one among several derivational devices in Albanian grammar and varies in productivity across dialects and registers. While it frequently yields agentive nouns, its use can extend to adjectives or other nominalizations depending on the word and context. As with many derivational processes, some forms become common in everyday language, while others appear mainly in more formal or literary contexts.

See also: mbiemër (adjective or surname), derivational suffixes in Albanian, lexues, shikues.