sprigiur

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Aromanian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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spri- +‎ giur[1], or perhaps even from a Balkan Vulgar Latin construction composed of super or supra and iūrō, jūrō. Compare Megleno-Romanian sprijur, spridžur[2]. No directly equivalent word was preserved in Daco-Romanian; however cf. the now archaic and regional prejura and related Aromanian prigiur, prigiurari (cf. also Albanian përgjëroj).

Verb

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sprigiur (past participle sprigiuratã)

  1. swear (on the Bible), take an oath
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References

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  1. ^ http://dixionline.net/index.php
  2. ^ https://ro.wikisource.org/wiki/Pagin%C4%83:Theodor_Capidan_-_Meglenorom%C3%A2nii,_vol._I_(Istoria_%C8%99i_graiul_lor).pdf/79
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