cërij

See also: cerij

Albanian

Alternative forms
  • cërit

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *tˢira, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂- (“to mix”). Cognate with Ancient Greek κεράννυμι (keránnumi, “to mix”), Sanskrit श्रायति (śrāyati, “to cook, fry”).[1]

Verb

cërij (aorist cëriva, participle cërirë)

  1. to sauté, fry with butter or oil
  2. to goad, spur, prick, sting
    Synonyms: thumboj, shpoj, nguc
  3. (figurative) to sizzle

References
  1. Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “cërij”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 46
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