dre

See also: DRE and drę

Albanian

Alternative forms
  • (Tosk):
    • singular: drë (Arbëreshë), ndre (South Tosk, Arbëreshë)
    • plural: drenjtë (definite)
  • (Gheg):
    • singular: drê
    • plural: drenë, drêna, drenj

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *drani, identical to Hesychian ἀρανίς (misspelling of /δρανίς/, dranis) ‘deer’, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰren- ‘drone, buzz’[1] (compare English drone, Ancient Greek θρήνος (thrḗnos, “lament”)).[2]

Noun

dre m (indefinite plural drerë, definite singular dreri, definite plural drerët)

  1. deer

Derived terms
  • drenak, drene, drenjë, drenushë, dreth
  • (Tosk): drere, ndreush
  • (Gheg): drang, drenjmë

Compounds

References
  1. Mallory, J. P.; Adams, D. Q., editors (1997) Encyclopedia of Indo-European culture, London, Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, page 395
  2. Orel, Vladimir (1998), “dre”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, pages 72-3

Welsh

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /dreː/

Noun

dre f

  1. Soft mutation of tre.
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