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Albanian
Etymology
Borrowed from Greek πλακώνω (plakóno). Compare Aromanian plucosescu.
Pronunciation
Verb
pllakos (aorist pllakosa, participle pllakosur)
- (transitive) to fall down on (something) suddenly, covering it completely
- (transitive) to attack by surprise; to storm
- (transitive, intransitive, figurative) to happen suddenly and forcefully (of bad things); to plague
- Synonym: bie
- (intransitive) to suddenly come (in a great number of people), swarm
- (transitive, colloquial) to hide, conceal
- Synonym: fsheh
References
- “pllakos”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language] (in Albanian), 1980, page 1509a
- Mann, S. E. (1948) “pllakos”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 393a
- Meyer, G. (1891) “pľakós”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der albanesischen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the Albanian Language] (in German), Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, →DOI, page 334