Përhapen

Përhapen is an Albanian verb form derived from the root përhap, meaning to spread or to disseminate. It is used to describe the propagation or diffusion of something across people, places, or networks. In standard Albanian, përhapen typically functions as the third-person plural present tense form (they spread) or as a passive construction meaning “are spread” with plural subjects.

The term is commonly employed in contexts such as information, diseases, rumors, or ideas that propagate beyond their origin. For example, informacionet e gabuara përhapen në rrjete sociale (false information spreads on social networks). In epidemiology and public health, they may speak of infections that përhapen nga një person te tjetri (spread from one person to another). The word emphasizes the process of diffusion rather than the intensity of the spreading.

Morphology and related terms: the noun corresponding to the process is përhapja (the spread, the act of spreading). Related lexical items include përhapës (disseminator) and the base verb përhap (to spread). Other verb forms derived from the same root can express different moods, tenses, or voices.

Usage notes: përhapen is versatile across formal and informal registers and appears in journalism, academic writing, and everyday language whenever the focal point is the spread of some phenomenon. It is often paired with agents of diffusion (e.g., viruset përhapen by person-to-person contact) or with mechanisms of spread (e.g., rrjetet sociale).