Romanian

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Etymology

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Uncertain.[1] Possibly from Paleo-Balkan term closely akin to Albanian leh (to bark; to blabber).[2]

Verb

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a lehăi (third-person singular present lehăește, past participle lehăit) 4th conj.

  1. to prattle, babble, blather, gabble (talk much and pointlessly)
    Synonyms: flecări, pălăvrăgi, sporovăi, trăncăni, îndruga

Conjugation

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References

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  1. ^ lehăi in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)
  2. ^ Katičić, Radoslav (1976) Ancient Languages of the Balkans, page 152