suferinë

Albanian

Alternative forms

sufarinë, sufërinë, fufarinë

Etymology

Derived from sufroj (“to whisper in somebody's ear”), borrowed from Italian soffiare (“to blow”) or zufolare (“to whistle”). Çabej describes a onomatopoeic origin.^[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /sufeˈɾinə/
Rhymes: -inə
Hyphenation: su‧fe‧rí‧në

Noun

suferinë f (definite suferina) (uncountable)

storm, tempest, gale
Synonyms: stuhi, furtunë

References

^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “sufërinë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 404

“suferinë”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎^[1] (in Albanian), 1980
“suferinë”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
Mann, S. E. (1948) “sufarinë”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 463

[1] Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “sufërinë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 404

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