pleh

See also: pléh

Albanian

Alternative forms

  • plehërTosk
  • plehënGheg
    • (definite singular): plehni
    • (plural): plehna

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

  • pleh i gjelbër (green manure)
  • pleh pylli (forest litter)
  • pleh shpendësh (bird guano)
  • plehra kimike (chemical fertilizer)

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)‎[1], volume I. Lehnwörter, Munich: Otto Sagner, page 196
  3. ^ Gunnar Svane, Slavische Lehnwörter im Albanischen (Åarhus, Denmark: Aarhus UP, 1992), 132.

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from German Blech.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

plȅh m inan (Cyrillic spelling пле̏х)

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

Declension

Declension of pleh
singular plural
nominative pleh plehovi
genitive pleha plehova
dative plehu plehovima
accusative pleh plehove
vocative pleše / plehu plehovi
locative plehu plehovima
instrumental plehom plehovima

References

  • pleh”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025