shtjell

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *śtel-, from Proto-Indo-European *stel- (“to set, lay, put, place”). Cognate to Ancient Greek στέλλω (stéllō, “to arrange, set, lay”).

Verb

shtjéll (aorist shtolla, participle shtjellë)

1. to wind up, develop, sling, loosen

Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

• mbështjell
• pështjell
• shtëllungë

Related terms

• shtall
• shtalb

Further reading

• “shtjell”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
• FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎^[1], 1980
• Newmark, L. (1999) “shtjell”, in Oxford Albanian-English Dictionary‎^[2]