stërvinë

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Albanian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Proto-Slavic *stьrvъ (see Serbo-Croatian strvina).[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /stəɾˈvinə/
  • Rhymes: -inə
  • Hyphenation: stër‧ví‧në

Noun

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stërvinë f (plural stërvina, definite stërvina, definite plural stërvinat)

  1. carcass, carrion, corpse
    Synonyms: kërmë, ngordhësirë
    si sorrat në stërvinë ― like crows to a corpse

References

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  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “stërvinë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 402

Further reading

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  • “stërvinë”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe‎[1] (in Albanian), 1980
  • “stërvinë”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe (in Albanian), 2006
  • Mann, S. E. (1948) “stërvinë”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 461
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