lugat

See also: lügat, lugʻat, lügat, lûgat, and lüğət

Acehnese

Etymology

Ultimately from From Arabic لُغَة (luḡa, “language, dialect”).

Noun

lugat

  1. dialect

Albanian

Alternative forms

  • luvgat, luvgjat

Etymology

According to Orel borrowed from Vulgar Latin *lupus peccatus (“false wolf”), though with difficult semantics.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [luˈɡat]
  • Rhymes: -at
  • Hyphenation: lu‧gát

Noun

lugat m (plural lugétër, definite lugáti, definite plural lugétërit)

  1. (mythology) revenant: a spiteful person who rises from the grave after death and terrorizes people, zombie, vampire
    Synonyms: kukudh, vampir, vurkollak
  2. (mythology) werewolf
    Synonyms: njeri ujk, vurkollak
  3. (figurative, derogatory) a very ugly or spiteful person

References

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “lugat”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 233

Further reading

  • FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[1], 1980
  • “lugat”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
  • Mann, S. E. (1948) “lugát”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 251
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