shpirrë
Appearance
Albanian
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Deverbative of an unattested *shpirroj, borrowed from Vulgar Latin *dis-spīrāre, derivative of Latin spīrāre (“to blow”).[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]shpirrë f (plural shpirra, definite shpirra, definite plural shpirrat)
- (medicine) asthma
- (medicine) bronchitis
- Synonym: bronkit
- (veterinary) respiratory catarrh in livestock and poultry, such as heaves in horses
Declension
[edit]singular | plural | |||
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indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | shpirrë | shpirra | shpirra | shpirrat |
accusative | shpirrën | |||
dative | shpirre | shpirrës | shpirrave | shpirrave |
ablative | shpirrash |
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “shpirrë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 430
Further reading
[edit]- FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language][1], 1980
- “shpirrë”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
- Mann, S. E. (1948) “shpirrë”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 493