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 (first-person singular past tense shtyva, participle shtyrë)

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

Derived terms
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