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

Japanese

Romanization

heri

  1. Rōmaji transcription of へり

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

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 *dʰǵʰyés.

Pronunciation

Adverb

herī̆ (not comparable)

  1. yesterday

Antonyms

  • (antonym(s) of “tomorrow”): crās

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Balkan Romance:
    • Aromanian: eri, ieri ⇒ aeri, aieri
    • Romanian: ieri
  • Dalmatian:
  • Italo-Romance:
  • Padanian:
  • Gallo-Romance:
  • Occitano-Romance:
  • Ibero-Romance:
  • Insular Romance:
  • Borrowings:

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1984) “ayer”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), volume I (A–Ca), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 427
  2. ^ Rubattu, Antoninu (2006) Dizionario universale della lingua di Sardegna, "ieri"

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 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

Old Norse

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Noun

heri m

  1. hare

Descendants

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

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic خَيْر (ḵayr).[1]

Pronunciation

  • Audio (Kenya):(file)

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

Adverb

heri

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

References

  1. ^ Baldi, Sergio (30 November 2020) Dictionary of Arabic Loanwords in the Languages of Central and East Africa (Handbuch der Orientalistik; Erste Abteilung: Der Nahe und der Mittlere Osten; 145), Leiden • Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 97 Nr. 862
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