derë

See also: dere and de re

Albanian

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [dɛːɾ]

Noun

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

  1. door
  2. (figuratively) family, home, tribe
  3. (figuratively) solution

Declension
declension of derë
indefinite forms
(trajta të pashquara)		 definite forms
(trajta të shquara)
singular
(numri njëjës)		 plural
(numri shumës)		 singular
(numri njëjës)		 plural
(numri shumës)
nominative
(emërore)		 derë dyer dera dyert
accusative
(kallëzore)		 derë dyer derën dyert
genitive
(gjinore)
(i/e/të/së)		 dere dyerve derës dyerve
dative
(dhanore)		 dere dyerve derës dyerve
ablative
(rrjedhore)		 dere dyersh derës dyerve

Etymology 2

Tosk; from Proto-Albanian *deuna, from Proto-Indo-European *deu- ‘lack, fail’ (compare Icelandic tjón ‘loss’, Ancient Greek δυη (duē) ‘misery’).[2]

Adjective

i derë m (feminine e derë, masculine plural të derë)

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

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