Albanian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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  1. From Proto-Albanian *anera, from Proto-Indo-European *dreH- (sleep, to sleep). The reconstruction is not entirely certain. Under the assumption of epenthetic -d- (within -nr-) the word may be linked with Ancient Greek ὄναρ (ónar), ὄνειρος (óneiros) and Old Armenian անուրջ (anurǰ).
  1. From Late-Proto-Albanian *ándərrə "dream" < Proto-Albanian *andərnə < Early-Proto-Albanian *andrənnə < Pre-Proto-Albanian *andrā- < *anrā- < PIE *h₂(e)nra-h₂/*h₃(e)nra-h₂.[2]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈəndər]
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Noun

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ëndërr f (plural ëndrra, definite ëndrra, definite plural ëndrrat)

  1. dream

Declension

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Declension of ëndërr
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative ëndërr ëndrra ëndrra ëndrrat
accusative ëndrrën
dative ëndrre ëndrrës ëndrrave ëndrrave
ablative ëndrrash

Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Fialuur i voghel Sccyp e ltinisct (Small Dictionary of Albanian and Latin), page 4 (ânner [ɑ̃ndər], ânnra [ɑ̃ndra]], by P. Jak Junkut, 1895, Sckoder
  2. ^ Demiraj, Bardhyl et al. (2021) “ëndërr”, in DPEWA. Digitales Philologisch-Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altalbanischen [DPEWA. Digital Philological-Etymological Dictionary of Old Albanian]

Further reading

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  • ëndërr”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
  • FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[1], 1980
  • Newmark, L. (1999) “ëndërr”, in Oxford Albanian-English Dictionary