shtyj

Albanian

Alternative forms

  • shtŷj (Gheg), shtynj (Cham, Arbëreshë, Arvanite)

Etymology

From archaic and dialectal shtynj, from Proto-Albanian *stūdnja, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)tewd- (“push, thrust”) (compare German stoßen, Latin studeō).

Verb

shtyj (aorist shtyva, participle shtyrë)

  1. to push (along/away), jostle, shove, nudge
  2. to propel, repel
  3. to postpone, defer

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “shtyj”, 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
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