heri
Icelandic
Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Proto-Italic *hezī, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰǵʰyes-. Cognate with Ancient Greek χθές (khthés), German gestern, English yes(ter), Sanskrit ह्यस् (hyas), Albanian dje.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈhe.riː/, [ˈhɛ.riː]
Derived terms
Descendants
Antonyms
- (tomorrow): crās
References
- heri in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- heri in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- heri in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Old High German
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *harjaz, whence also Old English here, Old Norse herr.
Old Norse
Alternative forms
- hari (Old East Norse)
Etymology
Related to the voiced Verner alternant of Proto-Germanic *hasô.
Descendants
References
- heri in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- heri in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- heri in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Entry "heri" on page 195 in: Geir T. Zoëga "A Concise Dictionary of Old Islandic", Oxford at the Claredon Press (1910).
Swahili
Alternative forms
Noun
heri (n class, plural heri)
- happiness
- kila la heri ― all the best
- kheri ya sikukuu yako ya kuzaliwa ― happy birthday (literally, “happiness of your holiday of birthing”)
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