pllakos

Albanian

Alternative forms

  • plakos dialectal

Etymology

Borrowed from Greek πλακώνω (plakóno). Compare Aromanian plucosescu.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pɫaˈkos/
  • Rhymes: -os

Verb

pllakos (aorist pllakosa, participle pllakosur)

  1. (transitive) to fall down on (something) suddenly, covering it completely
  2. (transitive) to attack by surprise; to storm
  3. (transitive, intransitive, figurative) to happen suddenly and forcefully (of bad things); to plague
    Synonym: bie
  4. (intransitive) to suddenly come (in a great number of people), swarm
  5. (transitive, colloquial) to hide, conceal
    Synonym: fsheh

References

  • “pllakos”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language] (in Albanian), 1980, page 1509a
  • Mann, S. E. (1948) “pllakos”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 393a
  • 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
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