fryj
Albanian edit
Etymology edit
- According to Orel, from Proto-Albanian *sprūgnja, etymologically connected to Lithuanian sprūgstu, sprūgti (“to escape, get out”) and Proto-Slavic *prygati (“to spring, jump”).[1]
- Earlier form might have been *fnyj, from *pnyj,(Can this(+) etymology be sourced?) from Proto-Albanian *pnewa, hence from Proto-Indo-European *pnew-. Compare Ancient Greek πνέω (pnéō, “to blow”). A similar development p- > f- happened to ftoh, from Old Albanian ptoh.
Verb edit
fryj (aorist fryva, participle fryrë)
- (transitive) to breathe (out); exhale; blow (towards something)
- (transitive) to inflate
- (intransitive) to wind
- (intransitive, colloquial) to swell, inflate
- (intransitive) to raise; expand
- (colloquial, figurative) to annoy; (over)motivate
- (intransitive, colloquial) to escape; run away
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Further reading edit
- [1] active verb fryj (I blow, exhale, breathe (out)) • Fjalor Shqip (Albanian Dictionary)
- [2] med.passive verb fryhem (I inflate, bloat, swell, brag, bluff) • Fjalor Shqip (Albanian Dictionary)
References edit
- ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998), “fryj”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden; Boston; Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 103