llabiç

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Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *lubiç, a derivative of lubi.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɫaˈbit͡ʃ/
  • Rhymes: -it͡ʃ
  • Hyphenation: lla‧bíç

Noun

llabiç m (plural llabiçë, definite llabiçi, definite plural llabiçët)

  1. (regional) bogey, vampire, spook
    Synonyms: lugat, kukudh

Adjective

llabiç (feminine llabiçe)

  1. (also noun, figurative) glutton
    Synonyms: llupës, grykës, hamës, llanik
  2. ghostly

References

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “llabiç”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 237

Further reading

  • “llabiç”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎ (in Albanian), 1980
  • llabiç”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
  • Mann, S. E. (1948) “llabiç”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 254