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bërllog

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Albanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Serbo-Croatian brlog (dregs; lair), from Proto-Slavic *bьrlogъ (den, cave).[1] Compare Bulgarian бърлога (bǎrloga), Romanian bârlog (den), Hungarian barlang (cave, den).

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Noun

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bërllog m (plural bërllogje, definite bërllogu, definite plural bërllogjet)

  1. (informal) trash, garbage (chiefly Kosovo Albanian)
  2. hull, husk, dregs

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References

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  1. ^ Omari, Anila (2012) “bërllog”, in Marrëdhëniet Gjuhësore Shqiptaro-Serbe, Tirana, Albania: Krishtalina KH, page 103