pllakos

Albanian

Alternative forms

• plakos — dialectal

Etymology

Borrowed from Greek πλακώνω (plakóno). Compare Aromanian plucosescu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɫaˈkos/
• Rhymes: -os

Verb

pllakos (aorist pllakosa, participle pllakosur)

1. (transitive) to fall down on (something) suddenly, covering it completely
2. (transitive) to attack by surprise; to storm
3. (transitive, intransitive, figurative) to happen suddenly and forcefully (of bad things); to plague

   Synonym: bie

4. (intransitive) to suddenly come (in a great number of people), swarm
5. (transitive, colloquial) to hide, conceal

   Synonym: fsheh

Related terms

• plaçkë
• pllakë

 

References

• “pllakos”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎^[1] (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