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Albanian
Etymology
From për- + gjak (“blood”).
Verb
përgjak (aorist përgjaka, participle përgjakur) (transitive)
- to make bleed, cover in blood
- Synonym: gjakos
- përgjaku dorën ― he made his hand bleed
- to beat up badly, disfigure
- (archaic) to circumcise
- Synonym: synetoj
Derived terms
Further reading
- “përgjak”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe (in Albanian), 1980
- Jungg, G. (1895) “pergak”, in Fialuur i voghel sccȣp e ltinisct, page 99