dre

See also: DRE, Dre, drę, dře, and Dre.

Albanian

Alternative forms

• (Tosk):
  • singular: drë (Arbëreshë), ndre (South Tosk, Arbëreshë)
  • plural: drenjtë (definite)
• (Gheg):
  • singular: drê
  • plural: drenë, drêna, drenj (indefinite)

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *drani, related to Illyrian *drenis ("deer"), identical to Hesychian ἀρανίς (aranís) (misspelling of δρανίς (dranís, “deer”)), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰrēn- (“drone, buzz”). Compare English drone, Ancient Greek θρήνος (thrḗnos, “lament”)).

Noun

dre m (plural drerë, definite dreri, definite plural drerët)

1. deer

Declension

Declension of dre

	indefinite		definite
	singular	plural	singular	plural
nominative	dre	drerë	dreri	drerët
accusative			drerin
dative	dreri	drerëve	drerit	drerëvet
ablative		drerësh

Derived terms

• drene, drenak, drenushë, dreth
• kacadre
• (Tosk) drere, ndreush
• (Gheg) drang, drenjmë

Related terms

• drenjë

See also

• kacamit

Cornish

Alternative forms

• der (used before vowels)

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *truɨ, from Proto-Celtic *trē, from Proto-Indo-European *terh₂-.

Preposition

dre (triggers soft mutation)

1. through, via
2. by means of

Slovene

Verb

dre

1. third-person singular present of dreti

Welsh

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dreː/

Noun

dre f

1. Soft mutation of tre.

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
tre	dre	nhre	thre
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.