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plojë

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Albanian

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Etymology

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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

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plojë f (definite ploja)

  1. slaughter, carnage
  2. bloodletting
    Synonyms: gjakderdhje, kërdi

References

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  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (2000) A concise historical grammar of the Albanian language: reconstruction of Proto-Albanian‎[1], Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page ploje
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