dre

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See also: DRE, Dre, dré, drę, dře, and Dre.

Albanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *drani, identical to Hesychian ἀρανίς (aranís) (misspelling of δρανίς (dranís, “deer”)), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰrēn- (“drone, buzz”).[1] Compare English drone, Ancient Greek θρήνος (thrḗnos, “lament”)).[2]

Noun

dre m (plural drerë, definite dreri, definite plural drerët)

  1. deer

Declension

Declension of dre
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative dre dreri drerë drerët
accusative drerin
dative dreri drerit drerëve drerëve
ablative drerësh

Derived terms

See also

References

  1. ^ Mallory, J. P., Adams, D. Q., editors (1997), Encyclopedia of Indo-European culture, London, Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, page 395
  2. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “dre”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, pages 72-3

Cornish

Alternative forms

  • der (used before vowels)

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *truɨ, from Proto-Celtic *trei, from Proto-Indo-European *terh₂-.

Preposition

dre (triggers soft mutation)

  1. through, via
  2. by means of

Ilocano

Etymology

Clipping of kompadre.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdɾe/
  • Hyphenation: dre

Noun

dré (Kur-itan spelling ᜇ᜔ᜎᜒ) (Abra)

  1. buddy, bro; close male friend
    Coordinate term: beh
  2. Term of address to a fellow young male, especially a stanger

Usage notes

  • It is a familiar term used by younger males to each other, sometimes women use it to address their heterosexual male friends.

Slovene

Verb

dre

  1. third-person singular present of dreti

Welsh

Pronunciation

Noun

dre f

  1. Soft mutation of tre.

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
tre dre nhre thre
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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