heri

See also: Heri, héri, herí, and həri

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₃eros (“elevated”).

Adverb

heri

1. on a mountain

Icelandic

Noun

heri

1. indefinite accusative plural of her

Interlingua

Etymology

From Latin heri.

Adverb

heri

1. yesterday

Antonyms

• deman

Japanese

Romanization

heri

1. Rōmaji transcription of へり

Latin

Etymology 1

Probably a remodelling of here < Proto-Italic *hezi with the o-stem locative ending of domī, afterwards affected by iambic shortening. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dʰǵʰyési (compare Proto-Celtic *gdesi), locative singular of *dʰǵʰyés.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈhɛ.riː], [ˈhɛ.rɪ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈɛː.ri]
• Note: the long-vowel form is rare and poetic.

Adverb

herī̆ (not comparable)

1. yesterday

   Antonym: crās

   Coordinate term: hodiē

Alternative forms

• here

Derived terms

• hesternus

Related terms

Dates relative to today in Latin (layout · text)
	–3	–2	–1	0	+1	+2	+3
direct speech	three days ago	two days ago	yesterday	today	tomorrow	in two days	in three days
	nū̆dius quārtus	nū̆dius tertius	herī̆	hodiē	crās	perendiē	post trīduum, diē quārtō
reported speech	three days before, three days earlier	two days before, two days earlier	the day before	on that day	the next day	two days later	three days later
	ante diem quārtum	ante diem tertium	prīdiē	eō/eā diē	postrīdiē	tertiō/tertiā diē	quārtō/quartā diē
adjectival formations	of three days ago	of two days ago	yesterday's	today's	tomorrow's	of two days from now	of three days from now
	nū̆diusquārtānus	nū̆diustertiānus	hesternus	hodiernus	crāstinus	perendinus	comperendinus

Descendants

• Balkano-Romance:
  • Aromanian: eri, ieri, ⇒ aeri, aieri
  • Romanian: ieri
• Italo-Dalmatian:
  • Corsican: éri
  • Dalmatian: jere
  • Istriot: ièri
  • Italian: ieri
  • Neapolitan: ⇒? ajére
    • Tarantino: ajère
  • Sicilian: jeri, ⇒? aieri
  • Venetan: geri
• Rhaeto-Romance:
  • Friulian: îr
  • Ladin: ⇒ inier
  • Romansh: ier, her
• Gallo-Italic:
  • Emilian: ajîr
  • Ligurian: vêi
  • Lombard: ier, jer
  • Piedmontese: ier
• Northern Gallo-Romance:
  • Old French: ier
    • French: hier
      • Haitian Creole: yè
      • → Esperanto: hieraŭ
        • Ido: hiere
    • Norman: hiaer, hièr (Jersey)
• Southern Gallo-Romance:
  • Old Catalan: hir
    • Catalan: ⇒ ahir
  • Old Occitan: ieir
    • Occitan: ièr
• Ibero-Romance:
  • Aragonese: ayere
  • Old Galician-Portuguese: eire, eiri
  • Old Leonese:
    • Asturian: ayeri
    • Leonese: ayeri
  • Old Spanish: eri, yer, ⇒ ayer
    • Ladino: ayer
    • Spanish: ayer
      • Chavacano: ayer
      • → Papiamentu: ayera
• Insular Romance:
  • Sardinian:
    • Campidanese: ⇒ erisèru
    • Logudorese: eris, deris
    • Nuorese: eris, deris, ⇒ derisero

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈhɛ.riː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈɛː.ri]

Noun

herī

1. inflection of herus:
   1. nominative/vocative plural
   2. genitive singular

Further reading

• “heri”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “heri”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “heri”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive

Old Dutch

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-West Germanic *hari, from Proto-Germanic *harjaz. Cognates include Old English here and Old High German heri.

Noun

heri n

1. army

Declension

Declension of heri (neuter ja-stem noun)

case	singular	plural
nominative	heri	heri
accusative	heri	heri
genitive	heris	hero
dative	heri	heron

Descendants

• Middle Dutch: hēre
  • Dutch: heer

Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *hari, see also Old English here, Old Norse herr.

Noun

heri n or m

1. army

Declension

Declension of heri (masculine ja-stem)

case	singular	plural
nominative	heri	herie, heriā, heria
accusative	heri	herie, heriā, heria
genitive	heries	herio
dative	herie	heriim
instrumental	heriu	—

Dative plural heriun

Descendants

• Middle High German: here, her
  • German: Heer

Old Norse

Alternative forms

• hari — Old East Norse

Etymology

Related to the voiced Verner alternant of Proto-Germanic *hasô.

Noun

heri m

1. hare

Descendants

• Icelandic: héri
• Norwegian Bokmål: hare
• Norwegian Nynorsk: hare
• Elfdalian: eri
• Old Swedish: hari
  • Swedish: hare
• Danish: hare
  • → Faroese: hara f
• → Middle English: here, ere

Further reading

• “heri”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “heri”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “heri”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 194; also available at the Internet Archive

Sranan Tongo

Etymology

From Dutch heel.

Adjective

heri

1. complete, full, whole

Adverb

heri

1. very

Swahili

Alternative forms

• kheri

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic خَيْر (ḵayr).

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

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Noun

heri class IX (plural heri class X)

1. happiness, good (things)

   kila la heri ― all the best

   kheri ya sikukuu yako ya kuzaliwa ― happy birthday (literally, “happiness of your holiday of birthing”)

Derived terms

• kwa heri

Adverb

heri

1. better (when beginning a clause, "it is better that...")