verë

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

Albanian

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]

Alternative forms

Noun

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

  1. wine
  2. cider
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

Etymology 2

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

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈvɛɾə/

Noun

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

  1. summer
  2. (Acquaformosa) spring[1]
    Synonym: pranverë
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. AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 311: “la primavera” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it

Further reading
  • Bardhi, F. (1635) Dictionarium Latino Epiroticum (overall work in Latin and Albanian), page 2: “aestas — verra”
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