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heri

See also: Heri, héri, herí, and həri

Albanian

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Etymology

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

Adverb

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heri

  1. on a mountain

Icelandic

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Noun

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heri

  1. indefinite accusative plural of her

Interlingua

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Etymology

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From Latin heri.

Adverb

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heri

  1. yesterday

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Japanese

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Romanization

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heri

  1. Rōmaji transcription of へり

Latin

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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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 *dʰǵʰyés.

Pronunciation

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Adverb

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herī̆ (not comparable)

  1. yesterday

Antonyms

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  • (antonym(s) of “tomorrow”): crās

Derived terms

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Descendants

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References

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1984) “ayer”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), volumes I (A–Ca), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 427
  2. ^ Rubattu, Antoninu (2006) Dizionario universale della lingua di Sardegna, "ieri"

Further reading

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  • “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
  • “heri”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Old High German

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Etymology

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

Noun

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heri n or m

  1. army

Declension

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Dative plural heriun

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Old Norse

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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

Noun

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heri m

  1. hare

Descendants

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References

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  • “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
  • “heri”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Entry "heri" on page 195 in: Geir T. Zoëga "A Concise Dictionary of Old Islandic", Oxford at the Claredon Press (1910).

Sranan Tongo

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Etymology

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From Dutch heel.

Adjective

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heri

  1. complete, full, whole

Adverb

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heri

  1. very

Swahili

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Arabic خَيْر (ḵayr).

Pronunciation

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  • Audio (Kenya):(file)

Noun

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heri (n class, plural heri)

  1. 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

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Adverb

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heri

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