heri

See also: Heri, héri, herí, and həri

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₃eros (elevated).

Adverb

heri

  1. on a mountain

Icelandic

Noun

heri

  1. indefinite accusative plural of her

Interlingua

Etymology

From Latin heri.

Adverb

heri

  1. yesterday

Antonyms

Japanese

Romanization

heri

  1. Rōmaji transcription of へり

Latin

Etymology 1

Probably a remodelling of here < Proto-Italic *hezi with the o-stem locative ending of domī, afterwards affected by iambic shortening. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dʰǵʰyési (compare Proto-Celtic *gdesi), locative singular of *dʰǵʰyés.

Pronunciation

Adverb

herī̆ (not comparable)

  1. yesterday
    Antonym: crās
    Coordinate term: hodiē
Alternative forms
Derived terms
Dates relative to today in Latin (layout · text)
–3 –2 –1 0 +1 +2 +3
direct speech three days ago two days ago yesterday today tomorrow in two days in three days
nū̆dius quārtus nū̆dius tertius herī̆ hodiē crās perendiē post trīduum, diē quārtō
reported speech three days before, three days earlier two days before, two days earlier the day before on that day the next day two days later three days later
ante diem quārtum ante diem tertium prīdiē eō/eā diē postrīdiē tertiō/tertiā diē quārtō/quartā diē
adjectival formations of three days ago of two days ago yesterday's today's tomorrow's of two days from now of three days from now
nū̆diusquārtānus nū̆diustertiānus hesternus hodiernus crāstinus perendinus comperendinus
Descendants
  • Balkano-Romance:
    • Aromanian: eri, ieri, aeri, aieri
    • Romanian: ieri
  • Italo-Dalmatian:
  • Rhaeto-Romance:
    • Friulian: îr
    • Ladin: inier
    • Romansh: ier, her
  • Gallo-Italic:
  • Northern Gallo-Romance:
  • Southern Gallo-Romance:
  • Ibero-Romance:
  • Insular Romance:

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Noun

herī

  1. inflection of herus:
    1. nominative/vocative plural
    2. genitive singular

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Coromines, Joan; Pascual, José Antonio (1984), “ayer”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic etymological dictionary]‎[1] (in Spanish), volume I (A–Ca), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 427
  2. ^ Rubattu, Antoninu (2006), Dizionario universale della lingua di Sardegna, "ieri"

Further reading

  • heri”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • heri”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “heri”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive

Old Dutch

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-West Germanic *hari, from Proto-Germanic *harjaz. Cognates include Old English here and Old High German heri.

Noun

heri n

  1. army

Declension

Descendants

Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *hari, see also Old English here, Old Norse herr.

Noun

heri n or m

  1. army

Declension

Declension of heri (masculine ja-stem)
case singular plural
nominative heri herie, heriā, heria
accusative heri herie, heriā, heria
genitive heries herio
dative herie heriim
instrumental heriu

Dative plural heriun

Descendants

Old Norse

Alternative forms

Etymology

Related to the voiced Verner alternant of Proto-Germanic *hasô.

Noun

heri m

  1. hare

Descendants

Further reading

  • heri”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • heri”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “heri”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 194; also available at the Internet Archive

Sranan Tongo

Etymology

From Dutch heel.

Adjective

heri

  1. complete, full, whole

Adverb

heri

  1. very

Swahili

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic خَيْر (ḵayr).[1]

Pronunciation

  • Audio (Kenya):(file)

Noun

heri class IX (plural heri class X)

  1. happiness, good (things)
    kila la heriall the best
    kheri ya sikukuu yako ya kuzaliwahappy birthday (literally, “happiness of your holiday of birthing”)

Derived terms

Adverb

heri

  1. better (when beginning a clause, "it is better that...")

References

  1. ^ Baldi, Sergio (30 November 2020), Dictionary of Arabic Loanwords in the Languages of Central and East Africa (Handbuch der Orientalistik; Erste Abteilung: Der Nahe und der Mittlere Osten; 145), Leiden • Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 97 Nr. 862