vrer
Albanian
Alternative forms
- vner — Gheg
Etymology
From Latin venenum (“potion, poison”).[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /vɾeɾ/
- Rhymes: -eɾ
Noun
vrer m (definite vréri)
- (physiology) bile, gall
- poison, venom (of a snake)
- Synonym: helm
- bitter extract of some plants
- (Arvanitika) lye, buck
- (figurative) great sadness, bitterness
- Synonym: hidhërim
- (figurative) hate, resentment, rage
Declension
singular | ||
---|---|---|
indefinite | definite | |
nominative | vrer | vreri |
accusative | vrerin | |
dat./abl. | vreri | vrerit |
Adjective
vrer
- (figurative) bitter
- Synonym: i hidhëruar
Derived terms
- vrerët
- vrerohem
- vreroj
- vreros
- vrerosem
- vrerosur
- vrertë
References
- ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “vrer ~ vëner”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 515
Further reading
- FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language][1], 1980
- “vrer”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
- Mann, S. E. (1948) “vner”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 561