stërvis

Albanian

Alternative forms
  • stërvit

Etymology

Orel derives it from Proto-Slavic *stъrviti (“to bait, to lure, to train”); compare Bulgarian стръвя (strǎvja) < стръв (strǎv, “bait”).[1] Topalli instead considers it a prefixed form of vit (“year”), initially used for livestock that take up certain tasks once they reach one year of age.[2]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /stəɾˈvit/

Verb

stërvis (first-person singular past tense stërvita, participle stërvitur)

  1. I train, practice
    Synonym: rys
  2. I teach a domestic animal
  • stërvitem

References
  1. Orel, Vladimir (1998) Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 403
  2. Topalli, Kolec (2017), “stërvis”, in Fjalor Etimologjik i Gjuhës Shqipe, Durrës, Albania: Jozef, page 1350
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