shpirrë

Albanian

Etymology

Deverbative of an unattested *shpirroj, borrowed from Vulgar Latin *dis-spīrāre, derivative of Latin spīrāre (“to blow”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃpiːr/

Noun

shpirrë f (plural shpirra, definite shpirra, definite plural shpirrat)

1. (medicine) asthma
2. (veterinary) respiratory catarrh in livestock and poultry, such as heaves in horses

Declension

Declension of shpirrë

	indefinite		definite
	singular	plural	singular	plural
nominative	shpirrë	shpirra	shpirra	shpirrat
accusative			shpirrën
dative	shpirre	shpirrave	shpirrës	shpirravet
ablative		shpirrash

Derived terms

• shpirrosem
• shpirran
• shpirraq