heri
Albanian edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Indo-European *h₃eros (“elevated”).
Adverb edit
heri
Icelandic edit
Noun edit
heri
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heri
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heri
Latin edit
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Etymology edit
Probably a remodelling of here < Proto-Italic *hezi with the o-stem locative ending of domī, afterwards affected by iambic shortening. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dʰǵʰyés.
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈhe.riː/, [ˈhɛriː] or IPA(key): /ˈhe.ri/, [ˈhɛrɪ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈe.ri/, [ˈɛːri]
- Note: the long-vowel form is very rare and poetic.
Adverb edit
herī̆ (not comparable)
Antonyms edit
- (antonym(s) of "tomorrow"): crās
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- Balkan Romance:
- Dalmatian:
- Italo-Romance:
- Padanian:
- Gallo-Romance:
- Occitano-Romance:
- Ibero-Romance:
- Insular Romance:
- Borrowings:
References edit
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1984) “ayer”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), volumes I (A–Ca), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 427
- ^ Rubattu, Antoninu (2006) Dizionario universale della lingua di Sardegna, "ieri"
Further reading edit
- “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 edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-West Germanic *hari, see also Old English here, Old Norse herr.
Noun edit
heri n or m
Declension edit
Dative plural heriun
Descendants edit
Old Norse edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Related to the voiced Verner alternant of Proto-Germanic *hasô.
Noun edit
heri m
Descendants edit
- Icelandic: héri
- Norwegian Bokmål: hare
- Norwegian Nynorsk: hare
- Elfdalian: eri
- Old Swedish: hari
- Swedish: hare
- Danish: hare
- → Faroese: hara f
- → Middle English: here, ere
References edit
- “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).
Sranan Tongo edit
Etymology edit
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heri
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heri
Swahili edit
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Etymology edit
Borrowed from Arabic خَيْر (ḵayr).
Pronunciation edit
Audio (Kenya) (file)
Noun edit
heri (n class, plural heri)
- happiness, good (things)
- 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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Adverb edit
heri
- better (when beginning a clause, "it is better that...")