shpirrë
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Albanian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Deverbative of an unattested *shpirroj, borrowed from Vulgar Latin *dis-spīrāre, derivative of Latin spīrāre (“to blow”).[1]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
shpirrë f (plural shpirra, definite shpirra, definite plural shpirrat)
- (medicine) asthma
- (veterinary) respiratory catarrh in livestock and poultry, such as heaves in horses
Declension[edit]
Declension of shpirrë
Derived terms[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “shpirrë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 430