rërë

See also: rere

Albanian

Alternative forms

• rânë — Gheg
• rerë — North Tosk

Etymology

Borrowed from Vulgar Latin, from Latin arēna (“sand”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɾəɾ(ə)/
• Rhymes: -əɾə

Noun

rërë f (plural rëra, definite rëra, definite plural rërat)

1. sand
2. sandy area

   Synonym: ranishtë

Declension

Declension of rërë

	indefinite		definite
	singular	plural	singular	plural
nominative	rërë	rëra	rëra	rërat
accusative			rërën
dative	rëre	rërave	rërës	rëravet
ablative		rërash

Derived terms

• i rërët
• ranishtë
• ranor

 

References

• “rërë”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎^[1] (in Albanian), 1980, page 1658
• Mann, S. E. (1948) “rërë”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 427a
• Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “rërë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 370f.
• Meyer, G. (1891) “rɛrɛ”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der albanesischen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the Albanian Language] (in German), Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, →DOI, page 366
• Miklosich, Franz (1871) “arena”, in Albanische Forschungen II. Die romanischen Elemente im Albanischen (in German), Vienna: Karl Gerold’s Sohn, page 3