plëndës

Albanian

Alternative forms

  • plandës, plendës
  • plënc, planc
  • blëndës, blandës
  • blënx, blanx

Etymology

Blend of Venetian pansa (belly, paunch) and Old Venetian *splenza (spleen) (modern spiénza, spiènsa, spiénxa). Other forms reflect a secondary interpretation of plënc as a deverbative in -ës.[1]

Noun

plëndës m (plural plëndësa, definite plëndësi, definite plural plëndësat)

  1. rumen
  2. tripe
  3. belly, paunch
    Synonyms: bark, mullë
  4. (colloquial, derogatory) fatty
    Synonym: barkalec

Declension

References

  1. Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “plëndës ~ plandës”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 333
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