meçkë

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Albanian

Etymology

Borrowed from South Slavic[1] , from Proto-Slavic *mečьka (she-bear).

Pronunciation

Noun

meçkë f (plural meçka)

  1. bitch, female dog
    Synonyms: bushtër, shakë
  2. snout of a pig
    Synonyms: feçkë, turi
  3. (derogatory) slut, bitch, promiscuous woman
    Synonyms: kurvë, horrë
  4. (derogatory) talkative woman, chatterbox
    Synonym: uthullirë
  5. (dialectal) lamb
    Synonyms: qengj, shtjerrë
  6. (dialectal) ant
    Synonyms: milingonë, thnegël
  7. (dialectal) fly; midge, gnat
    Synonym: mizë

References

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “meçkë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 254

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