derë
Albanian
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From Proto-Albanian *dœrə < *dwōrā, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰwṓr (“door”). Compare Proto-Slavic *dvьrь, Sanskrit द्वारा (dvārā), Latin foris, English door.[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]derë f (plural dyer, definite dera, definite plural dyert)
- door
- (figurative) family, home, tribe
- (figurative) solution
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | derë | dera | dyer | dyert |
| accusative | derën | |||
| dative | dere | derës | dyerve | dyerve |
| ablative | dyersh | |||
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- Aromanian: derã
Etymology 2
[edit]Tosk; from Proto-Albanian *deuna, from Proto-Indo-European *dew- (“lack, fail”) (compare Icelandic tjón (“loss”), Ancient Greek δῠ́η (dŭ́ē, “misery”)).[2]
Adjective
[edit]i derë
References
[edit]- ^ Schumacher, Stefan; Matzinger, Joachim (2013), Die Verben des Altalbanischen: Belegwörterbuch, Vorgeschichte und Etymologie (Albanische Forschungen; 33) (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 224
- ^ Orel, Vladimir (1998), “derë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden; Boston; Cologne: Brill, →ISBN, page 60
Further reading
[edit]- “derë”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
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- Albanian terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European
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