lugat

See also: lügat, lugʻat, lügat, lûgat, and lüğət

Acehnese

Etymology

Ultimately from From Arabic لُغَة (luḡa, “language, dialect”).

Noun

lugat

1. dialect

Albanian

Alternative forms

• luvgat, luvgjat

Etymology

According to Orel, borrowed from Vulgar Latin *lupus peccatus (“false wolf”), though with difficult semantics.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [luˈɡat]
• Rhymes: -at
• Hyphenation: lu‧gát

Noun

lugat m (plural lugétër, definite lugáti, definite plural lugétërit)

1. (mythology) revenant: a spiteful person who rises from the grave after death and terrorizes people, zombie, vampire

   Synonyms: kukudh, vampir, vurkollak

2. (mythology) werewolf

   Synonyms: njeri ujk, vurkollak

3. (figurative, derogatory) a very ugly or spiteful person

Related terms

• lubi

Further reading

• FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎^[1], 1980
• “lugat”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
• Mann, S. E. (1948), “lugát”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 251