leckaman

Albanian

Etymology

From leckë (“rag”) +‎ -a- +‎ -man.

Adjective

leckaman (feminine leckamane)

1. dressed in rags

   Synonym: i leckosur

2. (figuratively) poor

   Synonyms: i varfër, varfanjak

Noun

leckaman m (plural leckamanë); feminine equivalent leckamane

1. person dressed in rags

   Synonym: rreckaman

2. (figuratively) poor person

   Synonym: varfanjak

Further reading

• “leckaman”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎^[1] (in Albanian), 1980