vjehërr

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *swexura, from Proto-Indo-European *sueḱue/or-, *swéḱuros (“father-in-law”). Cognate to Ancient Greek ἑκυρός (hekurós, “father-in-law”), German Schwieger (“mother-in-law”), Old English sweor, Latin socer, Russian свёкор (svjókor), Serbo-Croatian svekar, Sanskrit श्वशुर (śvaśura), Armenian սկեսուր (skesur).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /vjɛ.hər/

Noun

vjehërr m

  1. father-in-law
  2. mother-in-law

Declension

When meaning "father-in-law":

Declension of vjehërr
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative vjehërr vjehrri vjehërr vjehrrit
accusative vjehrrin
dative vjehrri vjehrrit vjehërrve vjehërrve
ablative vjehërrsh

When meaning "mother-in-law":

Declension of vjehërr
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative vjehërr vjehrra vjehrra vjehrrat
accusative vjehërrën
dative vjehrre vjehërrës vjehrrave vjehrrave
ablative vjehrrash

References

  1. ^ Demiraj, Bardhyl (1997) Albanische Etymologien: Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz [Albanian Etymologies: […]] (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 7)‎[1] (in German), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 422

Further reading

  • “vjehërr”, 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]‎[2], 1980
  • Newmark, L. (1999) “vjehërr”, in Oxford Albanian-English Dictionary‎[3]
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