Albanian

Alternative forms

• Gheg dyrë, dyr

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [dɛɾə], [dɛɻ] (Tosk)

• IPA^(key): [deɾ] (Gheg)

Noun

derë f (indefinite plural dyer, definite singular dera, definite plural dyert) (Tosk)
derë f (indefinite plural dyrë, definite singular dera, definite plural dyrtë) (Gheg)

1. door

Etymology 2

Tosk; from Proto-Albanian *deuna, from Proto-Indo-European *deu- ‘lack, fail’, etymologically identical with Old Saxon tiono ‎(“evil”), Old English teona ‎(“wrong”)^[2], Ancient Greek δυη ‎(duē) ‘misery’.

Adjective

i derë m ‎(feminine e derë, masculine plural të derë)

1. (Tosk) bitter
2. (Tosk) difficult, toilsome, fatiguing

References

1. ↑ Albanische Etymologien (Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz), Bardhyl Demiraj, Leiden Studies in Indo-European 7; Amsterdam - Atlanta 1997, p.138
2. ↑ Orel, Vladimir (1998), “derë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, page 60