pleh

See also: pléh

Albanian

Alternative forms

  • plehër Tosk
  • plehën Gheg
    • (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), 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
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