Albanian edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

Uncertain. Possibly a derivation from eh (to sharpen, hone).[1] Alternatively a relatively recent loan from German sprechen (to speak, say),[2] compare Serbo-Croatian šprȅhatiшпре̏хати.

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

shpreh (aorist shpreha, participle shprehur) (transitive)

  1. to express, show, manifest
    Synonyms: shfaq, tregoj, nxjerr
    Antonym: hesht
  2. to express, give (in a unit of measure)
    peshë e shprehur me gramweight given in grams
  3. (Gheg, dialectal) to train, teach, accustom
    Synonym: mësoj
  4. (Tosk, dialectal) to hope
    Synonym: shpresoj
  5. (mediopassive) See shprehem.

Conjugation edit

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Derived terms edit

References edit

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998), “shpreh”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden; Boston; Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 431
  2. ^ Demiraj, B. (1997) Albanische Etymologien: Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz [Albanian Etymologies: []] (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 7)‎[1] (in German), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 368f.

Further reading edit

  • “shpreh”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[2] (in Albanian), 1980, page 1910a
  • Mann, S. E. (1948), “shpreh”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 493b