spirë

Albanian

Etymology

From Ancient Greek or Greek.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /spiːɾə/
  • Rhymes: -iɾə
  • Hyphenation: spí‧rë

Noun

spirë f (definite spíra) (uncountable)

  1. (medicine, veterinary medicine, originally Gheg) diarrhea
    Synonyms: diarre, purth, bark, heqje barku
  2. (derogatory) tasteless soup/food
    Synonym: lëngëtyrë
  3. (southern Gheg, Tirana) mucus of nose, snot, snivel
    Synonym: qurra
  4. (Tosk) band, troop
    Synonyms: grup, bandë, trupë

Declension

Declension of spirë
singular
indefinite definite
nominative spirë spira
accusative spirën
dat./abl. spire spirës

Further reading

  • FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[1], 1980
  • “spirë”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
  • Mann, S. E. (1948) “spirë”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 458
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