fryj

• According to Orel, from Proto-Albanian *sprūgnja, etymologically connected to Lithuanian sprūgstu, sprūgti (“to escape, get out”) and Proto-Slavic *prygati (“to spring, jump”).[1]
• Earlier form might have been *fnyj, from *pnyj,(Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?) from Proto-Albanian *pnewa, hence from Proto-Indo-European *pnew-. Compare Ancient Greek πνέω (pnéō, “I blow”). A similar development p- > f- happened to ftoh, from Old Albanian ptoh.

fryj (first-person singular past tense fryva, participle fryrë)

1. (transitive) I breathe (out); exhale; blow (towards something)
2. (transitive) I inflate
3. (intransitive) wind
4. (intransitive, colloquial) swell, inflate
5. (intransitive) raise; expand
6. (colloquial, figuratively) I annoy; (over)motivate
7. (intransitive, colloquial) I escape; run away

• ënjt
• mbufat
• ysht
• iki

• shfryj

• frymë
• fryshëm
• frymëmarrje

• fryjë
• freth
• fryhem (mediopassive)
• shfrej

• active verb fryj (I blow, exhale, breathe (out)) • Fjalor Shqip (Albanian Dictionary)
• med.passive verb fryhem (I inflate, bloat, swell, brag, bluff) • Fjalor Shqip (Albanian Dictionary)