dordolec

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Albanian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Macedonian додола (dodola, “rainmaker”) + -ec; variants blended with дожд (dožd, “rain”) and добар (dobar, “good, kind”).[1][2]

Noun

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dordolec m (plural dordolecë, definite dordoleci, definite plural dordolecët)

  1. scarecrow
  2. (ethnology) boy wearing fern and hellebore leaves and sprinkled with water in a ceremony to attract rain
  3. (figurative) laughing stock

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References

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  1. ^ Gunnar Svane, Slavische Lehnwörter im Albanischen (Åarhus: Aarhus UP, 1992), 214.
  2. ^ Ylli, Xhelal (1997) Das slavische Lehngut im Albanischen (Slavistische Beiträge; 350)‎[1], volume I. Lehnwörter, Munich: Otto Sagner, page 65.
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