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shtrij

Albanian edit

Etymology edit

From 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 edit

shtrij (aorist shtriva, participle shtrirë)

  1. to stretch, stretch out, spread, extend, sprawl
  2. to lay (down), lay out
  3. to lay out for the grave
  4. (intransitive, regional) to run fast
    Synonyms: vrapoj, rend

Related terms edit

References edit

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “shtrij”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 442
  2. ^ Schumacher, Stefan, Matzinger, Joachim (2013) Die Verben des Altalbanischen: Belegwörterbuch, Vorgeschichte und Etymologie (Albanische Forschungen; 33) (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 999
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