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Albanian
Etymology
Borrowed from South Slavic[1]
, from Proto-Slavic *mečьka (“she-bear”).
Pronunciation
Noun
meçkë f (plural meçka)
- bitch, female dog
- Synonyms: bushtër, shakë
- snout of a pig
- Synonyms: feçkë, turi
- (derogatory) slut, bitch, promiscuous woman
- Synonyms: kurvë, horrë
- (derogatory) talkative woman, chatterbox
- Synonym: uthullirë
- (dialectal) lamb
- Synonyms: qengj, shtjerrë
- (dialectal) ant
- Synonyms: milingonë, thnegël
- (dialectal) fly; midge, gnat
- Synonym: mizë
References
Further reading
- “méçk/ë,~a”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language] (in Albanian), 1980, page 1104b
- Ylli, Xhelal (1997–2000) “meçka”, in Das slavische Lehngut im Albanischen (Slavistische Beiträge), Munich: Otto Sagner, page 161b
- Mann, S. E. (1948) “meçkë”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 274b