qere

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Aramaic קְרֵי (qərê).

Noun

qere (plural qeres)

  1. In the liturgical use of the Tanakh, a spoken reading that diverges from the written word (the ketiv); an indication of such a reading.

Derived terms

Albanian

Alternative forms

  • qerë

Etymology

Borrowed via Vulgar Latin from Latin cariēs (“rot”).[1][2]

Noun

qere f (plural qere, definite qerja, definite plural qeret)

  1. scalp ringworm (Tinea capitis)
  2. baldness

Declension

Declension of qere
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative qere qerja qere qeret
accusative qeren
dative qereje qeres qereve qereve
ablative qeresh

Hyponyms

  • qere e këmbëve (“Athlete's foot”) (Tinea pedis)
  • qere e thonjve (“onychomycosis”) (Tinea unguium)

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “qere”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 357
  2. ^ Guillaume Bonnet, Les mots latins de l’albanais (Paris: L’Harmattan, 1999), 290–1.

Further reading

  • “qere”, 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
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