orë

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ore"

Albanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔɾ(ə)/

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

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	orë	ora	orë	orët
accusative		orën
dative	oreje	orës	orëve	orëve
ablative			orësh

Related terms

• herë

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]‎^[1] (in Albanian), 1980