pleh
See also: pléh
Albanian edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
A derivative of plah (“to cover”).[1] Alternatively a back-formation from pluralia tantum plehën, plehër, from Bulgarian плева (pleva, “weed, wild plant”), from Proto-Slavic *plěva (“membrane”).[2][3]
Noun edit
pleh m (plural plehra, definite plehu)
- dung, manure; organic fertilizer
- filth
- (in the plural) sweepings, trash, garbage
- (in the plural) despicable person
Hyponyms edit
- pleh i gjelbër (“green manure”)
- pleh pylli (“forest litter”)
- pleh shpendësh (“bird guano”)
- plehra kimike (“chemical fertilizer”)
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
References edit
- ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “pleh”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 332
- ^ Ylli, Xhelal (1997) Das slavische Lehngut im Albanischen (Slavistische Beiträge; 350)[1], volume I. Lehnwörter, Munich: Otto Sagner, page 196
- ^ Gunnar Svane, Slavische Lehnwörter im Albanischen (Åarhus, Denmark: Aarhus UP, 1992), 132.
Serbo-Croatian edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
plȅh m (Cyrillic spelling пле̏х)
Declension edit
Declension of pleh
References edit
- “pleh” in Hrvatski jezični portal