mnerë

Albanian

Alternative forms

Noun

mnerë m (Gheg)

  1. alternative form of tmerr
    1. fear, terror
      • 1555, Gjon Buzuku, Meshari, Luke 1:74, page 9r, lines 27–29:
        Per ſeh nah ſih teh liberoniſ-//gnim en duorſit ſeh anemiћet tineue // paa enmner nah atii te ſerbegnim.
        [përse na si të liberonishnjim ën duorshit së anëmiqet t'inëve pa ënmner na atī të shërbenjim.]
        to rescue us from the hands of our enemies, for us to serve him without fear
    2. fright, agitation
    3. shyness, shame

Derived terms

  • mneri
  • i mnermë
  • mneroj
  • mnershëm
  • i mneruem
  • i përmnerët
  • i përmnershëm

References

  • Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “mnerë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 271
  • Mann, S. E. (1948) “mnerë”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 290a
  • Tagliavini, Carlo (1937) “mẹ́rie”, in L'albanese di Dalmazia. [] (in Italian), Florence: Leo S. Olschki, page 190
  • Meyer, G. (1891) “tmēr”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der albanesischen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the Albanian Language] (in German), Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, →DOI, page 431
  • Rossi, F. (1875) “mneer”, in Vocabolario della lingua epirotica–italiana (in Italian), page 837b
  • Bardhi, Frang (1635) Dictionarium Latino Epiroticum (overall work in Latin and Albanian), page 173:terror — frighe, mneer