orë

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Albanian

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin hōra, ultimately from Ancient Greek ὥρα (hṓra). Doublet of herë.

Noun

orë f (plural orë, definite ora, definite plural orët)

  1. hour (unit of time)
  2. clock (timepiece)
  3. watch (timepiece worn on the wrist)
Declension
Declension of orë
indefinite definite
singular plural singular plural
nominative orë orë ora orët
accusative orën
dative ore orëve orës orëvet
ablative orësh
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Etymology 2

From Proto-Indo-European *er-, *or- (“to move, stir, animate, fight, struggle, rise; to spring up, be born”). Cognate to Ancient Greek ὄρνῡμι (órnūmi, “urge on, incite, make to arise, call forth, move, stir oneself”), Latin orior (“to rise; to spring up, be born”), Old Norse iara (“fight”).

Noun

orë f (plural orë, definite ora, definite plural orët) (mythology)

  1. mountain nymph; Albanian folk belief pictured as a woman, snake, etc. and whom lived in the mountains, forests, fields, springs or near people, helping them or giving good luck to good people and punishing bad people.
    Synonym: zanë
    Orët e maleve (e pyjeve, e fushave, e krojeve) ― Mountain (forest, field, spring) nymphs
    Të shitoftë (të preftë) ora ― May the nymph kill (cut) you! (optative, curse)
    Shkoftë ora e dëgjoftë! ― May the nymph go and hear you! (optative, wish)
    Të vdektë ora! ― May your nymph die! (optative, curse)
    Të ngrëntë (të marrtë) ora e ligë! ― May the evil nymph eat (get) you! (optative, curse)
  2. (figurative, archaic) fate, luck
    ora e bardhë ― white fate
    ka orë ― he has fate
    qofsh me orë ― may you have fate (optative, wish)
    i ka prirë ora dikujt ― fate has led them
    e ka lëshuar ora ― fate has abandoned them
  3. (euphemistic) Aesculapian snake (Zamenis longissimus)
    Synonym: bollë e shtëpisë
  4. to get enraged, get angry
    Synonyms: ndërkrej, (intransitive) xhindos
    i hipën (i erdhën) orët dikujt ― the fates came up to someone
  5. in a bad mental state, angry, sad
  6. exhausted, weary, down-hearted, weakened
  7. something has ended
  8. mad, crazy, fool
  9. start action against someone or something
  10. impulsive, spontaneous, hasty
  11. (negative sense) to calm down
    i zbritën (i ranë) orët ― the fates came down
  12. (archaic) lucky
    e kishte orën gjallë ― his fate was alive
  13. (negative sense) to die
    e mori ora e ligë ― the evil fate took him

References

  • “orë”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎ (in Albanian), 1980
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