vërri

Albanian

Alternative forms

• rruvi, vërrimë, vërrinë, vërris, vërrit, vrri, vrrimë
• vri, vëri — Tosk

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Vulgar Latin *hibernīnum, derivative of Latin hibernum (“winter”).^[1]

Noun

vërri f (plural vërrí, definite vërría, definite plural vërrítë)

1. winter pasture, lowland pasture with warm air, sheltered glade

   Synonyms: dimërishtë, vërrishtë

Declension

Declension of vërri

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	vërri	vërria	vërri	vërritë
accusative		vërrinë
dative	vërrie	vërrisë	vërrive	vërrive
ablative			vërrish

Noun

vërri m (definite vërríri) (uncountable)

1. feed, fodder (food for animals)

   Synonyms: hasëll, tagji

Declension

Declension of vërri

	singular
	indefinite	definite
nominative	vërri	vërriri
accusative		vërririn
dat./abl.	vërriri	vërririt

Etymology 2

A derivative of verrë (“hole”).^[2]

Noun

vërri f

1. (archaic) little furrow

Etymology 3

See verr.

Noun

vërri m

1. (southern Gheg, Elbasan) Alternative form of verr (“alder”)

References

1. Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “vërri ~ vërrî”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 506
2. Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “vërri”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 506

Further reading

• FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎, 1980
• “vërri”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
• Mann, S. E. (1948) “vrrí, vërrí, vërí”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 566