djerr

== Albanian == === Etymology 1 === From Proto-Albanian *dera or *derna, from Proto-Indo-European *dr̥-néH-ti, from *der- (“to tear, split”). Compare Ancient Greek δέρω (dérō, “to skin”), Sanskrit दृणाति (dṛṇāti, “to burst, to tear”) and Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐍄𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌰𐌽 (gatairan, “to tear”). Alternatively, variant of bjerr. ==== Verb ==== djerr (aorist dorra, participle djerrë) to destroy ===== Conjugation ===== ===== Alternative forms 2 ===== dier (“campo incolto”). ===== Derived terms ===== këndirr === Etymology 2 === From Proto-Albanian *dersa, from Proto-Indo-European *ĝhersos, from *ǵʰers-. Compare Ancient Greek χέρσος (khérsos, “dry land”). Alternatively from earlier *ndjerr, Proto-Albanian *ən-tersa, from Proto-Indo-European *ters- (“to dry (up)”). Compare Latin torreo (“to dry”), Albanian ter (“dry”), (Gheg) Albanian njers & (Tosk) Albanian djersë (“transpiration, sweat”), Gothic 𐌸𐌰𐌿𐍂𐍃𐌿𐍃 (þaursus), Old High German durri (“arid, dry”). ==== Noun ==== djerr m (plural djerre, definite djerri, definite plural djerret) fallow land, rough pasture cloth or other work with simple decoration ===== Declension ===== ==== Adjective ==== djerr (feminine djerre) barren, arid, fallow simple cloth work (figurative) overlooked, understudied Synonyms: i palëvruar, i pastudiuar ==== Adverb ==== djerr uncultivated, fallow ==== Related terms ==== === Etymology 3 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Verb ==== djerr alternative form of bjerr (“to lose”). === References === === Further reading === “djerr”, 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]‎[2], 1980 Mann, S. E. (1948), “djerr”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 78