herë

See also: here, Here, and hère

Albanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin hōra (“hour, time, season”), through Vulgar Latin with unexplained preservation of h or more likely the coincidental reappearance by other means. Cognate with Romanian oară. Doublet of orë (“hour, clock, watch”), a recent borrowing.[1]

Pronunciation

  • (Tosk) IPA(key): [ˈhɛɾə]
  • (Gheg) IPA(key): [ˈhɛɾ]

Noun

herë f (plural herë, definite hera, definite plural herët)

  1. time
    Synonyms: kohë, (archaic) qëro
  2. an instant of time, instance
  3. multiplied by, times
  4. (archaic) season

Declension

Declension of herë
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative herë hera herë herët
accusative herën
dative here herës herëve herëve
ablative herësh

Derived terms

  • herahershëm
  • herak
  • herë-herë
  • herëkeqe
  • herëpasherëshëm
  • herës
  • herët
  • hershëm
  • hershmëri
  • hershoj

References

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “herë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 146

Further reading

  • “herë”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
  • FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[1], 1980
  • Newmark, L. (1999) “herë”, in Oxford Albanian-English Dictionary
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