përgjak

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Albanian

Etymology

From për- +‎ gjak (“blood”).

Verb

përgjak (aorist përgjaka, participle përgjakur) (transitive)

  1. to make bleed, cover in blood
    Synonym: gjakos
    përgjaku dorën ― he made his hand bleed
  2. to beat up badly, disfigure
  3. (archaic) to circumcise
    Synonym: synetoj

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “përgjak”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎ (in Albanian), 1980
  • Jungg, G. (1895) “pergak”, in Fialuur i voghel sccȣp e ltinisct [Small Albanian–Italian dictionary], page 99
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