vjehërr

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *swexura, from Proto-Indo-European *sueḱue/or-, *swéḱuros (“father-in-law”). Cognate to Ancient Greek ἑκυρός (hekurós, “father-in-law”), German Schwieger (“mother-in-law”), Old English sweor, Latin socer, Russian свёкор (svjókor), Serbo-Croatian svekar, Sanskrit श्वशुर (śvaśura), Armenian սկեսուր (skesur).[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /vjɛ.hər/

Noun

vjehërr m

  1. father-in-law
  2. mother-in-law

Declension

When meaning "father-in-law":

Declension of vjehërr
indefinite definite
singular plural singular plural
nominative vjehërr vjehërr vjehrri vjehrrit
accusative vjehrrin
dative vjehrri vjehërrve vjehrrit vjehërrvet
ablative vjehërrsh

When meaning "mother-in-law":

Declension of vjehërr
indefinite definite
singular plural singular plural
nominative vjehërr vjehrra vjehrra vjehrrat
accusative vjehërrën
dative vjehrre vjehrrave vjehërrës vjehrravet
ablative vjehrrash

References
  1. Demiraj, B. (1997) Albanische Etymologien: Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz [Albanian Etymologies: […]] (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 7)‎ (in German), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 422
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