shtrij

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Albanian

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Etymology

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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

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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
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References

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  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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