lagaterë

Albanian

Etymology

Compound of lag (“to wet”) +‎ -a- +‎ ter (“to dry”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /laɡaˈteɾə/, /laɡaˈteːɾ/
• Rhymes: -eɾə
• Hyphenation: la‧ga‧té‧rë

Noun

lagaterë f (plural lagatera, definite lagatera, definite plural lagaterat)

1. period of changeable weather (in March - April)
2. soil both wet and dry in patches
3. (in the singular) children's game where you try to find a tile's dry or wet side

Adjective

lagaterë

1. uncertain or changeable weather (March or autumn)

   Synonym: i lagatershëm

2. (figurative, colloquial) emotionally unstable, happy to crying from moment to moment
3. (figurative, colloquial, derogatory) two-faced, deceitful

   Synonym: shtiracak

Derived terms

• i lagatershëm (“uncertain (of weather)”)

Related terms

• lag
• ter

Further reading

• “lagaterë”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎^[1] (in Albanian), 1980
• “lagaterë”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
• Mann, S. E. (1948) “lagatér”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 233