Albanian edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Indo-European *(s)treg-, *streg-, *treg- (stiff, rigid). Compare German strecken (to stretch, straighten, elongate), English stretch. Alternatively from sh- (privative suffix) +‎ ndryqem.

Verb edit

shtriqem (aorist shtroqa, participle shtriqur)

  1. to stretch (one's arms or body)

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