plojë
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Albanian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From an earlier *ploe, from Proto-Albanian *plāgā, from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂k-, *pleh₂g-. Compare Ancient Greek πληγή (plēgḗ, “blow”), Latin plaga (“blow, slaughter”).[1]
Noun[edit]
plojë f (definite ploja)
- slaughter, carnage
- bloodletting
- Synonyms: gjakderdhje, kërdi
References[edit]
- ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (2000) A concise historical grammar of the Albanian language: reconstruction of Proto-Albanian[1], Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page ploje