ujërave

Ujërave is a term found in Albanian grammar and literature. It is a form derived from the noun ujë, meaning water, and is used in constructions that express possession or relation to water, often translating roughly to “of waters” or “to waters” in English. The form is most visible in contexts that require the genitive or dative sense, especially when referring to multiple bodies of water or to water in a collective sense.

In practice, ujërave commonly appears with prepositional phrases to indicate belonging or association with water. A typical usage is in phrases such as rrjedhja e ujërave, meaning “the flow of waters” or “the course of the waters,” where the form ujërave marks a plural, non-definite relationship to the noun. The exact distribution of this form can vary by dialect and stylistic register, and in everyday speech speakers may use more general expressions for “water” or specify the body of water with additional descriptors.

Linguistic notes: Albanian nouns often express relationships through prepositions rather than fixed case endings, and ujërave is most readily identified in combinations that require a genitive or indirect-object sense. The definite plural form of the noun is typically ujërat, while ujërave signals a non-definite relational sense within phrases. The use of ujërave is therefore primarily literary or formal, maintaining a neutral, descriptive tone in scholarly or poetic contexts.

See also: Ujë; Ujë i detit; Ujërat.