shtërras

Albanian

Alternative forms

  • shtëroj

Etymology

Variant of shtëroj, influenced by shter. Alternatively from Latin extenuāre.[1]

Verb

shtërras (aorist shterra, participle sterrë)

  1. to diminish, to shrink
  2. to exhaust

References

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “shtërras”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 439