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English
Noun
jud (plural juds)
- (mining) A mass of coal holed or undercut so as to be thrown down by wedges.
Albanian
Etymology
According to Orel borrowed from Proto-Slavic *judъ ~ *juda, while Çabej and Lambertz link it with the figure of Judas.
Pronunciation
Noun
jud m (definite judi) (mythology)
- a mythological figure imagined as a revenant that picks fights during the night, especially with drunks
- Synonym: lugat
References
- “jud”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe (in Albanian), 1980
- Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “jud”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 160
Cebuano
Pronunciation
Adverb
jud
- Informal spelling of gayod.