pleh

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See also: pléh

Albanian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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A derivative of plah (to cover).[1] Alternatively a back-formation from pluralia tantum plehën, plehër, from Bulgarian плева (pleva, weed, wild plant), from Proto-Slavic *plěva (membrane).[2][3]

Noun

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pleh m (plural plehra, definite plehu)

  1. dung, manure; organic fertilizer
  2. filth
  3. (in the plural) sweepings, trash, garbage
  4. (in the plural) despicable person

Hyponyms

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Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “pleh”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 332
  2. ^ Ylli, Xhelal (1997) Das slavische Lehngut im Albanischen (Slavistische Beiträge; 350)‎[1], volume I. Lehnwörter, Munich: Otto Sagner, page 196
  3. ^ Gunnar Svane, Slavische Lehnwörter im Albanischen (Åarhus, Denmark: Aarhus UP, 1992), 132.

Serbo-Croatian

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Etymology

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From German Blech.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /plêx/
  • Hyphenation: pleh

Noun

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plȅh m (Cyrillic spelling пле̏х)

  1. (regional) sheet metal
  2. (regional) shallow pan

Declension

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References

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  • pleh” in Hrvatski jezični portal