Albanian edit

Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

Borrowed from Latin hōra, ultimately from Ancient Greek ὥρα (hṓra). Doublet of herë.

Noun edit

orë f (plural orë, definite ora, definite plural orët)

  1. hour (unit of time)
  2. clock (timepiece)
  3. watch (timepiece worn on the wrist)
Declension edit
Related terms edit

Etymology 2 edit

From Proto-Indo-European *er-, *or- (to move, stir, animate, fight, struggle, rise; to spring up, be born). Cognate to Ancient Greek ὄρνῡμι (órnūmi, urge on, incite, make to arise, call forth, move, stir oneself), Latin orior (to rise; to spring up, be born), Old Norse iara (fight).

Noun edit

orë f (plural orë, definite ora, definite plural orët) (mythology)

  1. mountain nymph; Albanian folk belief pictured as a woman, snake, etc. and whom lived in the mountains, forests, fields, springs or near people, helping them or giving good luck to good people and punishing bad people.
    Synonym: zanë
    Orët e maleve (e pyjeve, e fushave, e krojeve)Mountain (forest, field, spring) nymphs
    Të shitoftë (të preftë) oraMay the nymph kill (cut) you! (optative, curse)
    Shkoftë ora e dëgjoftë!May the nymph go and hear you! (optative, wish)
    Të vdektë ora!May your nymph die! (optative, curse)
    Të ngrëntë (të marrtë) ora e ligë!May the evil nymph eat (get) you! (optative, curse)
  2. (figurative, archaic) fate, luck
    ora e bardhëwhite fate
    ka orëhe has fate
    qofsh me orëmay you have fate (optative, wish)
    i ka prirë ora dikujtfate has led them
    e ka lëshuar orafate has abandoned them
  3. (euphemistic) Aesculapian snake (Zamenis longissimus)
    Synonym: bollë e shtëpisë
  4. to get enraged, get angry
    Synonyms: ndërkrej, (intransitive) xhindos
    i hipën (i erdhën) orët dikujtthe fates came up to someone
  5. in a bad mental state, angry, sad
  6. exhausted, weary, down-hearted, weakened
  7. something has ended
  8. mad, crazy, fool
  9. start action against someone or something
  10. impulsive, spontaneous, hasty
  11. (negative sense) to calm down
    i zbritën (i ranë) orëtthe fates came down
  12. (archaic) lucky
    e kishte orën gjallëhis fate was alive
  13. (negative sense) to die
    e mori ora e ligëthe evil fate took him

References edit

  • “orë”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[1] (in Albanian), 1980