Albanian

Alternative forms

• Tosk: plehër
• Gheg: plehën
  • definite singular: plehni
  • plural: plehna

Noun

pleh m (indefinite plural plehra, definite singular plehu)

1. dung, manure; organic fertilizer
2. filth
3. (plural) sweepings, trash, garbage
4. (plural) despicable person

Hyponyms

• pleh i gjelbër ‘green manure’
• pleh pylli ‘forest litter’
• pleh shpendësh ‘bird guano’
• plehra kimike ‘chemical fertilizer’

Derived terms

• plehërim, plehërishtë, plehëroj, plehërues, plehrizë, plehurina

Related terms

• plah

References

1. ↑ Vladimir Orel, Albanian Etymological Dictionary (Leiden: Brill, 1998), 332.
2. ↑ Xhelal Ylli, Das slavische Lehngut im Albanischen, vol. 1: Lehnwörter (Munich: Otto Sagner, 1997), 196.
3. ↑ Gunnar Svane, Slavische Lehnwörter im Albanischen (Åarhus, Denmark: Aarhus UP, 1992), 132.

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From German Blech.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /plêx/
• Hyphenation: pleh

Noun

plȅh m ‎(Cyrillic spelling пле̏х)

1. (regional) sheet metal
2. (regional) shallow pan

Declension

References

• “pleh” in Hrvatski jezični portal