лашкам

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Bulgarian

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Etymology

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Unclear. Has been compared with Latin laxāre (to loosen). BER does not exclude borrowing (cf. Italian lasciare (to leave), whence Ottoman Turkish naval command لاشكا (laşka, Release!, Relax!) (a ship's sail)).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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ла́шкам (láškam) first-singular present indicativeimpf (perfective ла́шна)

  1. (transitive) to slam, to shove
  2. (transitive, figurative) to swindle, to order around; to instruct someone to do useless tasks
  3. (reflexive with се) to shake, to wiggle back and forth

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See also

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References

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  • лашкам”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • лашкам”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1986), “лашкам, лашвам, лашна”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 3 (крес¹ – мѝнго¹), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 330