djersë

== Albanian == === Alternative forms === (Gheg) niers, (Standard) nniers, (Tosk) diers (Gheg) njers (indeterminate), njersë (neutral), (Standard) nnjersë, ndjersë, dirsë === Etymology === From Proto-Albanian *dértsā, from either: with loss of the unstressed initial syllable of earlier *(s)widértjā, from Proto-Indo-European *swid-ér-tyeh₂, from the root *sweyd- (“sweat”) (compare Ancient Greek ἱδρώς (hidrṓs), Latvian sviêdri, Italian sudore). Earlier reconstructions attempted to directly derive d < PIE *sw (cf. diell); however, this is no longer accepted as valid. Instead, the outcome would be #sw > #v (e.g. vjehërr, vëlla). from Proto-Indo-European *dʰérǵʰ-ti̯(-)eh₂ (or *dʰérǵʰ-ii̯o- n.), from the root *dʰerǵʰ- (whence the verb derdh), with a semantic shift from ‘rotate, turn’ to ‘outpouring (of sweat)’. === Pronunciation === === Noun === djersë f (plural djersë, definite djersa, definite plural djersët) sweat, perspiration condensation of moisture as droplets on a surface ==== Declension ==== ==== Related terms ==== djersij djersit i djersirë i djersitur === References === === Further reading === “djersë”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006