njeri

Albanian

Njeriu në ballë, Isa Boletini, me njerëz në Vlorë (1912)

Alternative forms

• njer

Etymology

From Old Albanian njer, from Proto-Albanian *nera, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂nḗr. Closely related to Messapic 𐌍𐌄𐌓 (ner, “man”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɲeˈɾi/, [ɲɛˈɾi]

Noun

njerí m (plural njerëz, definite njeriu, definite plural njerëzit)

1. man
2. human, person, individual

Declension

Declension of njeri

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	njeri	njeriu	njerëz	njerëzit
accusative		njeriun
dative	njeriu	njeriut	njerëzve	njerëzve
ablative			njerëzish

Derived terms

• baltnjeri
• hajnjeri
• njerëz
• njerëzi
• njerëzim
• njerëzor
• njeri prej bore
• njeridashës
• njeridashje
• njeringrënës
• njerith
• njerivrasës
• njerivrasje

Pronoun

njeri

1. anyone
   • 2009, Pandeli Pani, Albanisch intensiv, edition 2, page 179:

     Nuk njoh njeri.

     I don't know anyone.

2. someone

References

• Leonard Newmark, Philip Hubbard, Peter R. Prifti (1982) Standard Albanian: a reference grammar for students (in Albanian), page 283: “The indeterminate pronoun njëri ‘anyone’ is clearly distinguished semantically and grammatically from the noun njeri ‘man, person’.”

Aromanian

Alternative forms

• njare, njari, njeari, njere

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *melem, from Latin mellem, accusative of mel. Compare to Romanian miere.

Noun

njeri f (definite njera)

1. honey