flashkët

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *plakska, from Proto-Indo-European *plek-. Cognate to Lithuanian plókščias (“flat”), Proto-Slavic *ploskъ (“id”), *ploxъ (“flat, bad, evil, poor”),[1] Old High German flasca (“flask”), English flask.

Adjective

flashkët (feminine flashkëte)

  1. sluggish, lame

References
  1. Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “flashkët”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 99
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