djersë
See also: djerse
Albanian
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Alternative forms
[edit]- (Gheg) niers, (Standard) nniers, (Tosk) diers[1][2]
- (Gheg) njers (indeterminate), njersë (neutral), (Standard) nnjersë, ndjersë, dirsë
Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Albanian *dértsā, from either:
- with loss of the unstressed initial syllable of earlier *(s)widértjā, from Proto-Indo-European *swid-ér-tyeh₂, from the root *sweyd- (“sweat”) (compare Ancient Greek ἱδρώς (hidrṓs), Latvian sviêdri, Italian sudore).[3][4] Earlier reconstructions attempted to directly derive d < PIE *sw (cf. diell);[5] however, this is no longer accepted as valid. Instead, the outcome would be #sw > #v (e.g. vjehërr, vëlla).[6]
- from Proto-Indo-European *dʰérǵʰ-ti̯(-)eh₂ (or *dʰérǵʰ-ii̯o- n.), from the root *dʰerǵʰ- (whence the verb derdh), with a semantic shift from ‘rotate, turn’ to ‘outpouring (of sweat)’.[7]
Pronunciation
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Audio: (file)
Noun
[edit]djersë f (plural djersë, definite djersa, definite plural djersët)
- sweat, perspiration
- condensation of moisture as droplets on a surface
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | djersë | djersa | djersë | djersët |
| accusative | djersën | |||
| dative | djerse | djersës | djersëve | djersëve |
| ablative | djersësh | |||
Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Fialuur i voghel Sccyp e ltinisct (Small Dictionary of Albanian and Latin), page 90, by P. Jak Junkut, 1895, Sckoder
- ^ Fialuur i voghel Sccyp e ltinisct (Small Dictionary of Albanian and Latin), page 23, by P. Jak Junkut, 1895, Sckoder
- ^ Orel, Vladimir (1998), “djersë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden; Boston; Cologne: Brill, →ISBN, page 69
- ^ Demiraj, Bardhyl (1997), Albanische Etymologien: Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz [Albanian Etymologies: […]] (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 7)[1] (in German), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, pages 139–40
- ^ Holger Pedersen, ‘Die gutturale im Albanesischen’, Zeitschrift für vergleichende Sprachforschung auf dem Gebiete der indogermanischen Sprachen 36 (1900): 288–90.
- ^ Matzinger, Joachim (2006), Der Altalbanische Text Mbsuame e Krështerë (Dottrina Cristiana) des Lekë Matrënga von 1592, Dettelbach: J. H. Röll, pages 78–9
- ^ Demiraj, Bardhyl et al. (2021), “djersë”, in DPEWA. Digitales Philologisch-Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altalbanischen [DPEWA. Digital Philological-Etymological Dictionary of Old Albanian]
Further reading
[edit]- “djersë”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006