shtrij

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *strinja, from Proto-Indo-European *sterh₃-, *streh₃- (“to spread, scatter, bring down”). Related to Latin sternō and Ancient Greek στόρνυμι (stórnumi).[1][2]

Verb

shtrij (aorist shtriva, participle shtrirë)

  1. to stretch, stretch out, spread, extend, sprawl
  2. to lay (down), lay out
  3. to lay out for the grave
  4. (intransitive, regional) to run fast
    Synonyms: vrapoj, rend

References
  1. Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “shtrij”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 442
  2. Schumacher, Stefan, Matzinger, Joachim (2013) Die Verben des Altalbanischen: Belegwörterbuch, Vorgeschichte und Etymologie (Albanische Forschungen; 33) (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 999
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