Slovak

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin plaga. First attested in the 17th century.[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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pliaga f

  1. nuisance, annoyance
  2. vermin (mean and offensive person)
    Synonyms: zberba, naničhodník, ledačina, háveď

Declension

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References

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  1. ^ Králik, Ľubor (2016) “pliaga”, in Stručný etymologický slovník slovenčiny [Concise Etymological Dictionary of Slovak] (in Slovak), Bratislava: VEDA; JÚĽŠ SAV, →ISBN, page 447

Further reading

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  • pliaga”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024