thëri

See also: theri-

Albanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *tsanidā,[1] from Proto-Indo-European *-níd- (“nit”). Compare Serbo-Croatian gnjida, Old High German hniz, Greek κόνιδα (kónida) (κονίς (konís)). Matzinger suggests *ćanidā as the Proto-Albanian form instead.[2]

Noun

thëri f (plural thëri)

  1. nit
    Synonym: ergjëz

Declension

Declension of thëri
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative thëri thëria thëri thëritë
accusative thërinë
dative thërie thërisë thërive thërive
ablative thërish

Hypernyms

References

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “thëri”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 50
  2. ^ Forschungen, Stefan, Matzinger, Joachim (2013) Die Verben des Altalbanischen: Belegwörterbuch, Vorgeschichte und Etymologie (Albanische Forschungen; 33) (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 236
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