verë

See also: vere, Vere, vére, veré, and vêre

Albanian

Alternative forms

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]

Noun

verë f (indefinite plural verëra, definite singular vera, definite plural verërat)

  1. wine
  2. cider

Etymology 2

Borrowed through Vulgar Latin *vēra, from Latin vēr (“spring”). Compare Romanian vară.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈvɛɾə], [vɛɹ]

Noun

verë f (indefinite plural vera, definite singular vera, definite plural verat)

  1. summer
Declension
Declension of verë
indefinite definite
singular plural singular plural
nominative verë vera vera verat
accusative verën
dative vere verave verës veravet
ablative verash

See also

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 227
  2. Orel, Vladimir E. (2000) A concise historical grammar of the Albanian language: reconstruction of Proto-Albanian‎, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 13
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