papagall

Albanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian pappagallo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /papaˈɡaɫ/

Noun

papagall m (plural papagaj, definite papagalli)

1. parrot

   Synonym: lorzë

   papagall i kuq ― red parrot

2. (figurative, derogatory) someone who repeats other people's words without fully understanding them

   mësoj si papagall

   to learn by heart, without understanding

   (literally, “to learn like a parrot”)

Declension

Declension of papagall

	indefinite		definite
	singular	plural	singular	plural
nominative	papagall	papagaj	papagalli	papagajtë
accusative			papagallin
dative	papagalli	papagajve	papagallit	papagajve
ablative		papagajsh

Further reading

• “papagall”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
• “papagall”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎^[1] (in Albanian), 1980

Catalan

Alternative forms

• papagai

Etymology

Ultimately from Arabic بَبْغَاء (babḡāʔ, “parrot”), of imitative origin. Altered by folk etymology to resemble gall (“cock”).

Noun

papagall m (plural papagalls)

1. (Alghero, Tarragona, Valencia) Alternative form of papagai
2. (Valencia) chatterbox (chatty person)
3. (Valencia) cuckoo wrasse
4. (Valencia) garden balsam

Synonyms

• (chatterbox): xerraire
• (cuckoo wrasse): tord ver
• (garden balsam): balsamina

Further reading

• “papagall” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “papagall” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Lombard

Alternative forms

• pappagall (classical Milanese orthography)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /papaˈɡal/

Noun

papagall m

1. parrot

Further reading

• papagall on the Lombard Wiktionary.Wiktionary ^lmo