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zarbec

English translation: stray dog, mutt

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Albanian term or phrase:zarbec
English translation:stray dog, mutt
Entered by: larserik

15:01 Sep 15, 2014
Albanian to English translations [PRO]
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Albanian term or phrase: zarbec
Context:
Po kur operacioni i policisë ... dolli me sukses, Berisha ... sa nuk plasi prej marazit dhe hangulliste si një zarbec...

I found zar = zagar: hound and bec: lambkin in Gasper Kici, but I don't know if I can join them: young hound?

Suggestion, anybody?
larserik
Sweden
Local time: 14:36
stray dog, mutt
Explanation:
It's (once again) a word derived from another, with the suffix added for a stronger effect.

ZARBË f. sh. bised.
1. Leckë e vjetër, zhele. E fshiu me zarbë. E lau dyshemenë me zarbë. Ishte
bërë zarbë këmisha.
2. mospërf. Qen rrugësh. Sillej (bridhte) si zarbë.
3. shar. Njeri i ndytë, i pavlerë dhe që bredh rrugëve, rrugaç. Ik, mor zarbë!
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Ledja
United Kingdom
Local time: 13:36
Grading comment
Thanks a lot!
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4 +2stray dog, mutt
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stray dog, mutt


Explanation:
It's (once again) a word derived from another, with the suffix added for a stronger effect.

ZARBË f. sh. bised.
1. Leckë e vjetër, zhele. E fshiu me zarbë. E lau dyshemenë me zarbë. Ishte
bërë zarbë këmisha.
2. mospërf. Qen rrugësh. Sillej (bridhte) si zarbë.
3. shar. Njeri i ndytë, i pavlerë dhe që bredh rrugëve, rrugaç. Ik, mor zarbë!


Ledja
United Kingdom
Local time: 13:36
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Native speaker of: Albanian
PRO pts in category: 68
Grading comment
Thanks a lot!

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