derë

See also: dere and de re

Albanian

Etymology 1

From Proto-Albanian *dœrə < *dwōrā, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰwṓr (“door”). Compare Proto-Slavic *dvьrь, Sanskrit द्वारा (dvārā), Latin foris.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [deːɾ]

Noun

derë f (plural dyer, definite dera, definite plural dyert)

  1. door
  2. (figurative) family, home, tribe
  3. (figurative) solution
Declension
Declension of derë
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative derë dera dyer dyert
accusative derën
dative dere derës dyerve dyerve
ablative dyersh
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Aromanian: derã

Etymology 2

Tosk; from Proto-Albanian *deuna, from Proto-Indo-European *dew- (“lack, fail”) (compare Icelandic tjón (“loss”), Ancient Greek δῠ́η (dŭ́ē, “misery”)).[2]

Adjective

i derë

  1. (Tosk) bitter
  2. (Tosk) difficult, toilsome, fatiguing

References

  1. ^ Forschungen, Stefan, Matzinger, Joachim (2013) Die Verben des Altalbanischen: Belegwörterbuch, Vorgeschichte und Etymologie (Albanische Forschungen; 33) (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 224
  2. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “derë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 60
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