heri

See also: Heri, héri, and herí

Albanian

Etymology

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

Adverb

heri

1. on a mountain

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Icelandic

Noun

1. indefinite accusative plural of her

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Interlingua

Etymology

From Latin heri.

Adverb

heri

1. yesterday

Antonyms

• deman

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Japanese

Romanization

heri

1. Rōmaji transcription of へり

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Latin

Alternative forms

• here

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *hezī, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰǵʰyes-. Cognate with Ancient Greek χθές (khthés), German gestern, English yes(ter), Sanskrit ह्यस् (hyas), Albanian dje.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈhe.riː/, [ˈhɛriː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈe.ri/, [ˈɛːri]

Adverb

herī (not comparable)

1. yesterday

Derived terms

• hesternus

Descendants

• Eastern Romance
  • Aromanian: aeri, aieri, ieri, eri
  • Romanian: ieri
• Italo-Dalmatian
  • Dalmatian: jere
  • Istriot: ièri
  • Italian: ieri
  • Sicilian: aieri (perhaps via Spanish ayer)
• Old Occitan:
  • Occitan: ièr
  • Old Catalan: hir
    • Catalan: ahir
• Old French: ier
  • French: hier
    • Haitian Creole: yè
    • → Esperanto: hieraŭ
  • Norman: hiaer, hièr
• Rhaeto-Romance
  • Friulian: îr
  • Romansch: ier
• Venetian: geri
• West Iberian
  • Navarro-Aragonese:
    • Aragonese: ayere
  • Old Leonese:
    • Asturian: ayeri
    • Leonese: ayeri
  • Old Galician-Portuguese: eire, eiri
  • Old Spanish: eri
    • Ladino: ayer
    • Spanish: ayer
      • Chavacano: ayer
      • → Papiamentu: ayera

Antonyms

• (tomorrow): crās

References

• “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
• “heri”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

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Old High German

Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *harjaz, whence also Old English here, Old Norse herr.

Noun

heri n

1. army

Descendants

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

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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: hare
• Elfdalian: eri
• Old Swedish: hari
  • Swedish: hare
• Danish: hare
  • → Faroese: hara f
• m
• → Middle English: here, ere

References

• “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
• “heri”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Entry "heri" on page 195 in: Geir T. Zoëga "A Concise Dictionary of Old Islandic", Oxford at the Claredon Press (1910).

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Swahili

Alternative forms

• kheri

Etymology

From Arabic خير.

Noun

heri (n class, plural heri)

1. happiness

   kila la heri ― all the best

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

Adverb

heri

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