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përgjak

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Albanian

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Etymology

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From për- +‎ gjak (blood).

Verb

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përgjak (aorist përgjaka, participle përgjakur) (transitive)

  1. to make bleed, cover in blood
    Synonym: gjakos
    përgjaku dorënhe made his hand bleed
  2. to beat up badly, disfigure
  3. (archaic) to circumcise
    Synonym: synetoj

Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • “përgjak”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[1] (in Albanian), 1980
  • Jungg, G. (1895) “pergak”, in Fialuur i voghel sccȣp e ltinisct [Small Albanian–Italian dictionary], page 99