shtrij
Albanian
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Albanian *strinja, from Proto-Indo-European *sterh₃-, *streh₃- (“to spread, scatter, bring down”). Related to Latin sternō and Ancient Greek στόρνυμι (stórnumi).[1][2]
Verb
editshtrij (aorist shtriva, participle shtrirë)
- to stretch, stretch out, spread, extend, sprawl
- to lay (down), lay out
- to lay out for the grave
- (intransitive, regional) to run fast
Related terms
editReferences
edit- ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “shtrij”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 442
- ^ Schumacher, Stefan, Matzinger, Joachim (2013) Die Verben des Altalbanischen: Belegwörterbuch, Vorgeschichte und Etymologie (Albanische Forschungen; 33) (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 999