dre
Albanian
Alternative forms
- (Tosk):
- singular: drë (Arbëreshë), ndre (South Tosk, Arbëreshë)
- plural: drenjtë (definite)
- (Gheg):
- singular: drê
- plural: drenë, drêna, drenj (indefinite)
Etymology
From Proto-Albanian *drani, related to Illyrian *drenis ("deer"), identical to Hesychian ἀρανίς (aranís) (misspelling of δρανίς (dranís, “deer”)), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰrēn- (“drone, buzz”).[1] Compare English drone, Ancient Greek θρήνος (thrḗnos, “lament”)).[2]
Declension
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See also
References
- Mallory, J. P., Adams, D. Q., editors (1997), Encyclopedia of Indo-European culture, London, Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, page 395
- Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “dre”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, pages 72-3
Cornish
Alternative forms
- der (used before vowels)
Etymology
From Proto-Brythonic *truɨ, from Proto-Celtic *trē, from Proto-Indo-European *terh₂-.
Slovene
Welsh
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dreː/
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