Albanian

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Etymology

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From plaçkë (loot, booty) +‎ -it. Compare Serbo-Croatian pljȁčkatiпља̏чкати.

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Verb

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plaçkit (aorist plaçkita, participle plaçkitur)

  1. (transitive) to plunder, pillage, raid, loot; to steal
    Synonyms: grabit; vjedh

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References

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  • “plaçkít”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[1] (in Albanian), 1980, page 1495a
  • Mann, S. E. (1948) “plaçk- [] -is”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 389b
  • Meyer, G. (1891) “pľakós”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der albanesischen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the Albanian Language] (in German), Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, →DOI, page 334