verë
See also: Appendix:Variations of "vere"
Albanian
Etymology 1
From Proto-Albanian *wainā-, from Proto-Indo-European *woy(h₁)neh₂- < *wéyh₁ō (“wine”). Compare Ancient Greek οἶνος (oînos), Latin vīnum, German Wein.[1][2][3]
Alternative forms
Noun
verë f (plural verëra, definite vera, definite plural verërat)
See also
References
- ^ Forschungen, Stefan, Matzinger, Joachim (2013) Die Verben des Altalbanischen: Belegwörterbuch, Vorgeschichte und Etymologie (Albanische Forschungen; 33) (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 227
- ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (2000) A concise historical grammar of the Albanian language: reconstruction of Proto-Albanian[1], Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 13
- ^ Neri, Sergio / Demiraj, Bardhyl (2023): VÉR|Ë2 -a. In: DPEWA.URL: https://www.dpwa.gwi.uni-muenchen.de/dictionary/?lemmaid=21817
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Vulgar Latin *vēra, from Latin vēr (“spring”). Compare Romanian vară (“summer”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈvɛɾə/
Noun
verë f (plural vera, definite vera, definite plural verat)
- summer
- (Acquaformosa) spring[1]
- Synonym: pranverë
Declension
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | verë | vera | vera | verat |
| accusative | verën | |||
| dative | vere | verës | verave | verave |
| ablative | verash | |||
Related terms
See also
References
- ^ AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 311: “la primavera” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it
Further reading
- Bardhi, Frang (1635) Dictionarium Latino Epiroticum (overall work in Latin and Albanian), page 2: “aestas — verra”