lagaterë

Albanian

Etymology

Compound of lag (“to wet”) +‎ -a- +‎ ter (“to dry”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /laɡaˈteɾə/, /laɡaˈteːɾ/
  • Rhymes: -eɾə
  • Hyphenation: la‧ga‧té‧rë

Noun

lagaterë f (plural lagatera, definite lagatera, definite plural lagaterat)

  1. period of changeable weather (in March - April)
  2. soil both wet and dry in patches
  3. (in the singular) children's game where you try to find a tile's dry or wet side

Adjective

lagaterë

  1. uncertain or changeable weather (March or autumn)
    Synonym: i lagatershëm
  2. (figurative, colloquial) emotionally unstable, happy to crying from moment to moment
  3. (figurative, colloquial, derogatory) two-faced, deceitful
    Synonym: shtiracak

Derived terms

  • i lagatershëm (“uncertain (of weather)”)

References

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “lagaterë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 210

Further reading

  • FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[1], 1980
  • “lagaterë”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
  • Mann, S. E. (1948) “lagatér”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 233
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