njeri

Albanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Albanian njer, from Proto-Albanian *nera, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂nḗr.[1] Closely related to Messapic 𐌍𐌄𐌓 (ner, “man”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɲeˈɾi/, [ɲɛˈɾi]

Noun

njerí m (plural njerëz, definite njeriu, definite plural njerëzit)

  1. man
  2. human, person, individual

Declension

Declension of njeri
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative njeri njeriu njerëz njerëzit
accusative njeriun
dative njeriu njeriut njerëzve njerëzve
ablative njerëzish

Derived terms

Pronoun

njeri

  1. anyone
    • 2009, Pandeli Pani, Albanisch intensiv, edition 2, page 179:
      Nuk njoh njeri.
      I don't know anyone.
  2. someone

References

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “njeri”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 304
  • Leonard Newmark, Philip Hubbard, Peter R. Prifti (1982) Standard Albanian: a reference grammar for students (in Albanian), page 283: “The indeterminate pronoun njëri ‘anyone’ is clearly distinguished semantically and grammatically from the noun njeri ‘man, person’.”

Aromanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *melem, from Latin mellem, accusative of mel. Compare to Romanian miere.

Noun

njeri f (definite njera)

  1. honey
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