breshkamadh

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Albanian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From breshkë (“turtle”) +‎ -a- +‎ i madh (“big”).

Adjective[edit]

breshkamadh (feminine breshkamadhe)

  1. with lumps on one's neck, scrofulous; common as a general insult

Noun[edit]

breshkamadh m (plural breshkamëdhenj) (derogatory, World War II)

  1. Italian invader
    Synonym: breshkaman
  2. Italian invaders (collectively)
    Synonym: breshkaman

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Further reading[edit]

  • “breshkamadh”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[1] (in Albanian), 1980
  • Newmark, L. (1999) “breshkamadh”, in Oxford Albanian-English Dictionary
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