shpirrë

Albanian

Etymology

Deverbative of an unattested *shpirroj, borrowed from Vulgar Latin *dis-spīrāre, derivative of Latin spīrāre (“to blow”).[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ʃpiːr/

Noun

shpirrë f (indefinite plural shpirra, definite singular shpirra, definite plural shpirrat)

  1. (medicine) asthma
  2. (veterinary) respiratory catarrh in livestock and poultry, such as heaves in horses

Declension
Declension of shpirrë
indefinite definite
singular plural singular plural
nominative shpirrë shpirra shpirra shpirrat
accusative shpirrën
dative shpirre shpirrave shpirrës shpirravet
ablative shpirrash

Derived terms
  • shpirrosem
  • shpirran
  • shpirraq

References
  1. Orel, Vladimir (1998) Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 430
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