pluhur

Albanian

Alternative forms

  • (Gheg) pluhun (“polvere”). [1]
  • (Gheg) pluhn, plhun.

Etymology

From *plëhur, from pleh.[2]

Noun

pluhur m (definite pluhuri)

  1. dust, powder
  2. (figurative) something that can hinder one's actions and sap one's vitality

Declension

Declension of pluhur
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative pluhur pluhuri pluhura pluhurat
accusative pluhurin
dative pluhuri pluhurit pluhurave pluhurave
ablative pluhurash

Hyponyms

  • pluhur i kashtës ‘chaff’
  • pluhur lulesh ‘pollen’
  • pluhur sharre, pluhur druri ‘sawdust’

References

  1. ^ Fialuur i voghel Sccyp e ltinisct (Small Dictionary of Albanian and Latin), page 109, by P. Jak Junkut, 1895, Sckoder
  2. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “pluhur”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 335

Further reading

  • “pluhur”, 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) “pluhur”, in Oxford Albanian-English Dictionary‎[2]
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