shpirrë
Albanian
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editDeverbative of an unattested *shpirroj, borrowed from Vulgar Latin *dis-spīrāre, derivative of Latin spīrāre (“to blow”).[1]
Pronunciation
editNoun
editshpirrë 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
editDeclension of shpirrë
Derived terms
editReferences
edit- ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “shpirrë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 430
Further reading
edit- “shpirrë”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language][1] (in Albanian), 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