lagaterë
Albanian
editEtymology
editCompound of lag (“to wet”) + -a- + ter (“to dry”).[1]
Pronunciation
editNoun
editlagaterë f (plural lagatera, definite lagatera, definite plural lagaterat)
- period of changeable weather (in March - April)
- soil both wet and dry in patches
- (in the singular) children's game where you try to find a tile's dry or wet side
Adjective
editlagaterë
- uncertain or changeable weather (March or autumn)
- Synonym: i lagatershëm
- (figurative, colloquial) emotionally unstable, happy to crying from moment to moment
- (figurative, colloquial, derogatory) two-faced, deceitful
- Synonym: shtiracak
Derived terms
edit- i lagatershëm (“uncertain (of weather)”)
Related terms
editReferences
edit- ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “lagaterë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 210
Further reading
edit- “lagaterë”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language][1] (in Albanian), 1980
- “lagaterë”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
- Mann, S. E. (1948) “lagatér”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 233
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- Albanian terms interfixed with -a-
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- Rhymes:Albanian/eɾə
- Rhymes:Albanian/eɾə/4 syllables
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