shpëlaj

Albanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Either a prefixal derivative of laj or borrowed from Vulgar Latin *experlavāre, from Late Latin perlavāre, from Latin lavō. Compare Romanian spăla, Aromanian aspel.

Verb

shpëlaj (aorist shpëlava, participle shpëlarë)

  1. (transitive) to rinse

Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

Further reading

  • shpëlaj”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
  • FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[1], 1980