derë

See also: dere and de re

Albanian

Etymology 1

From Proto-Albanian *dœrə < *dwōrā, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰwṓr (“door”). Compare Proto-Slavic *dvьrь, Sanskrit द्वारा (dvārā), Latin foris.[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [deːɾ]

Noun

derë f (plural dyer, definite dera, definite plural dyert)

  1. door
  2. (figurative) family, home, tribe
  3. (figurative) solution
Declension
Declension of derë
indefinite definite
singular plural singular plural
nominative derë dyer dera dyert
accusative derën
dative dere dyerve derës dyervet
ablative dyersh
Descendants
  • Aromanian: derã

Etymology 2

Tosk; from Proto-Albanian *deuna, from Proto-Indo-European *dew- (“lack, fail”) (compare Icelandic tjón (“loss”), Ancient Greek δῠ́η (dúē, “misery”)).[2]

Adjective

i derë

  1. (Tosk) bitter
  2. (Tosk) difficult, toilsome, fatiguing

References
  1. Schumacher, Stefan, Matzinger, Joachim (2013) Die Verben des Altalbanischen: Belegwörterbuch, Vorgeschichte und Etymologie (Albanische Forschungen; 33) (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 224
  2. Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “derë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 60
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