spirë

Albanian

Etymology

From Ancient Greek or Greek.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /spiːɾə/
• Rhymes: -iɾə
• Hyphenation: spí‧rë

Noun

spirë f (definite spíra) (uncountable)

1. (medicine, veterinary medicine, originally Gheg) diarrhea

   Synonyms: diarre, purth, bark, heqje barku

2. (derogatory) tasteless soup/food

   Synonym: lëngëtyrë

3. (southern Gheg, Tirana) mucus of nose, snot, snivel

   Synonym: qurra

4. (Tosk) band, troop

   Synonyms: grup, bandë, trupë

Further reading

• “spirë”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎^[1] (in Albanian), 1980
• “spirë”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
• Mann, S. E. (1948) “spirë”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 458