vjehërr
Appearance
Albanian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Albanian *swexura, from Proto-Indo-European *sueḱue/or-, *swéḱuros (“father-in-law”). Cognate to Ancient Greek ἑκυρός (hekurós, “father-in-law”), German Schwieger (“mother-in-law”), Old English sweor, Latin socer, Russian свёкор (svjókor), Serbo-Croatian svekar, Sanskrit श्वशुर (śvaśura), Armenian սկեսուր (skesur).[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]vjehërr m
Declension
[edit]When meaning "father-in-law":
singular | plural | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | vjehërr | vjehrri | vjehërr | vjehrrit |
accusative | vjehrrin | |||
dative | vjehrri | vjehrrit | vjehërrve | vjehërrve |
ablative | vjehërrsh |
When meaning "mother-in-law":
singular | plural | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | vjehërr | vjehrra | vjehrra | vjehrrat |
accusative | vjehërrën | |||
dative | vjehrre | vjehërrës | vjehrrave | vjehrrave |
ablative | vjehrrash |
Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Demiraj, B. (1997) Albanische Etymologien: Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz [Albanian Etymologies: […]] (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 7)[1] (in German), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 422