heri
Albanian
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *h₃eros (“elevated”).
Adverb
heri
Icelandic
Noun
heri
- indefinite accusative plural of her
Interlingua
Etymology
Adverb
heri
Antonyms
Japanese
Romanization
heri
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
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈhɛ.riː], [ˈhɛ.rɪ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈɛː.ri]
- Note: the long-vowel form is rare and poetic.
Adverb
herī̆ (not comparable)
Alternative forms
Derived terms
Related 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:
- Italo-Dalmatian:
- Rhaeto-Romance:
- Gallo-Italic:
- Northern Gallo-Romance:
- Southern Gallo-Romance:
- Ibero-Romance:
- Insular Romance:
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈhɛ.riː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈɛː.ri]
Noun
herī
- inflection of herus:
- nominative/vocative plural
- genitive singular
References
- ↑ 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
- ^ 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
Declension
Declension of heri (neuter ja-stem noun)
Descendants
Old High German
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *hari, see also Old English here, Old Norse herr.
Noun
heri n or m
Declension
| 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
Descendants
- Icelandic: héri
- Norwegian Bokmål: hare
- Norwegian Nynorsk: hare
- Elfdalian: eri
- Old Swedish: hari
- Swedish: hare
- Danish: hare
- → Faroese: hara f
- → Middle English: here, ere
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
Adjective
heri
Adverb
heri
Swahili
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic خَيْر (ḵayr).[1]
Pronunciation
Audio (Kenya): (file)
Noun
heri class IX (plural heri class X)
- happiness, good (things)
- kila la heri ― all the best
- kheri ya sikukuu yako ya kuzaliwa ― happy birthday (literally, “happiness of your holiday of birthing”)
Derived terms
Adverb
heri
- better (when beginning a clause, "it is better that...")
References
- ^ 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