shpreh

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Albanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Uncertain. Possibly a derivation from eh (to sharpen, hone).[1] Alternatively a relatively recent loan from German sprechen (to speak, say),[2] compare Serbo-Croatian šprȅhati / шпре̏хати.

Pronunciation

Verb

shpreh (aorist shpreha, participle shprehur) (transitive)

  1. to express, show, manifest
    Synonyms: shfaq, tregoj, nxjerr
    Antonym: hesht
  2. to express, give (in a unit of measure)
    peshë e shprehur me gramweight given in grams
  3. (Gheg, dialectal) to train, teach, accustom
    Synonym: mësoj
  4. (Tosk, dialectal) to hope
    Synonym: shpresoj
  5. (mediopassive) See shprehem.

Conjugation

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Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “shpreh”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 431
  2. ^ Demiraj, B. (1997) Albanische Etymologien: Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz [Albanian Etymologies: ] (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 7)‎ (in German), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 368f.

Further reading

  • “shpreh”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎ (in Albanian), 1980, page 1910a
  • Mann, S. E. (1948) “shpreh”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 493b