sprigiur

Aromanian

Alternative forms

• sprigiuru, spigiur, spridzur

Etymology

spri- +‎ giur, or perhaps even from a Balkan Vulgar Latin construction composed of super or supra and iūrō, jūrō. Compare Megleno-Romanian sprijur, spridžur. No directly equivalent word was preserved in Daco-Romanian; however cf. the now archaic and regional prejura and related Aromanian prigiur, prigiurari (cf. also Albanian përgjëroj).

Verb

sprigiur (past participle sprigiuratã)

1. swear (on the Bible), take an oath

Related terms

• sprigurat
• sprigiurari / sprigiurare
• prigiur
• giur