qere
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English
Etymology
Borrowed from Aramaic קְרֵי (qərê).
Noun
qere (plural qeres)
- In the liturgical use of the Tanakh, a spoken reading that diverges from the written word (the ketiv); an indication of such a reading.
Derived terms
Albanian
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed via Vulgar Latin from Latin cariēs (“rot”).[1][2]
Noun
qere f (plural qere, definite qerja, definite plural qeret)
- scalp ringworm (Tinea capitis)
- baldness
Hyponyms
- qere e këmbëve (“Athlete's foot”) (Tinea pedis)
- qere e thonjve (“onychomycosis”) (Tinea unguium)
Derived terms
References
- ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “qere”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 357
- ^ Guillaume Bonnet, Les mots latins de l’albanais (Paris: L’Harmattan, 1999), 290–1.