shtriqem
Albanian
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *(s)treg-, *streg-, *treg- (“stiff, rigid”). Compare German strecken (“to stretch, straighten, elongate”), English stretch. Alternatively from tërheq, with privative sh- suffix.
Verb
shtriqem (first-person singular past tense shtroqa, participle shtriqur)
- to stretch (one's arms or body)
Related terms
- shtrij
- shtroj