pleh

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See also: pléh

Albanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

A derivative of plah (to cover).[1] Alternatively a back-formation from pluralia tantum plehën, plehër, from Bulgarian плева (pleva, weed, wild plant), from Proto-Slavic *plěva (membrane).[2][3]

Noun

pleh m (plural plehra, definite plehu)

  1. dung, manure; organic fertilizer
  2. filth
  3. (in the plural) sweepings, trash, garbage
  4. (in the plural) despicable person

Hyponyms

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “pleh”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 332
  2. ^ Ylli, Xhelal (1997) Das slavische Lehngut im Albanischen (Slavistische Beiträge; 350)‎, volume I. Lehnwörter, Munich: Otto Sagner, page 196
  3. ^ Gunnar Svane, Slavische Lehnwörter im Albanischen (Åarhus, Denmark: Aarhus UP, 1992), 132.

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From German Blech.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /plêx/
  • Hyphenation: pleh

Noun

plȅh m (Cyrillic spelling пле̏х)

  1. (regional) sheet metal
  2. (regional) shallow pan

Declension

References

  • pleh”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024