suferinë

Albanian

Alternative forms

• sufarinë, sufërinë, fufarinë

Etymology

Derived from sufroj (“to whisper in somebody's ear”), borrowed from Italian soffiare (“to blow”) or zufolare (“to whistle”). Çabej describes a onomatopoeic origin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sufeˈɾinə/
• Rhymes: -inə
• Hyphenation: su‧fe‧rí‧në

Noun

suferinë f (definite suferina) (uncountable)

1. storm, tempest, gale

   Synonyms: stuhi, furtunë

Further reading

• “suferinë”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎^[1] (in Albanian), 1980
• “suferinë”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
• Mann, S. E. (1948) “sufarinë”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 463