shpërthej
Albanian edit
Etymology edit
From sh- + për- + thyej, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱeh₃i- (“to sharpen”). Alternatively from Proto-Indo-European *sperǵʰ- (“to spring, jump”). Compare Lithuanian spreñgti (“to push in”), Old Church Slavonic прѧсти (pręsti, “to spin, stretch”), Ancient Greek σπέρχω (spérkhō, “to hasten”), Sanskrit स्पृहयति (spṛhayati, “is eager”), Old English springan (“to spring”).
Verb edit
shpërthej (aorist shpërtheu, participle shpërthyer)
- to pop open
- to puncture, lance
- to (make) explode, blow up, blast, implode ("to explode, to blast", etc. - meaning in medio-passive voice)
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Further reading edit
- [1] shpërthej (shpërthéj) in Fjalor i Gjuhës Shqipe • Dictionary of the Albanian Language