përgjakshëm

Albanian

Etymology

From përgjak (“to bloody”) +‎ -shëm.

Adjective

i përgjakshëm (feminine e përgjakshme)

  1. bloody, chracterised by bloodshed, slaughter
    Synonym: i përgjaktë
  2. cruel, merciless, bloodthirsty
    Synonyms: gjakatar, mizor

Further reading
  • “përgjakshëm”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎ (in Albanian), 1980
  • Jungg, G. (1895) “pergakscem”, in Fialuur i voghel sccȣp e ltinisct [Small Albanian–Italian dictionary], page 99
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