pocaqis

Albanian

Etymology

From pocaqi (distress, misfortune, filth).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pot͡saˈc͡ɕis/
  • Rhymes: -is

Verb

pocaqís (aorist pocaqisa, participle pocaqisur) (transitive)

  1. to filthy, to pollute, to cause misfortune
  2. to wrack, to torment, to exhaust
    Synonyms: caqis, stërmundoj, mundoj

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Further reading

  • pocaqis”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
  • FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[1], 1980
  • Newmark, L. (1999) “pocaqis”, in Oxford Albanian-English Dictionary