Lemizh / English dictionary

dàcj.

to plug something (e.g. a leak)-dat; something-acc in(to something-dat)

dÌcj. a plug

Usage notes

This verb has negative undertones (attested since NLem) and can express blocking something or hindering someone; it is also used in rude expressions such as dacjdàxt jÌki: ‘Plug [your] mouth = Shut up!’ and nadàxt dìlcji: ‘Unplug = Pull the plug out of your …!’ (for someone who is full of themself – compare Piedmontese Ma gavte la nata).

Etymology

< NLem darjn‑a
< LMLem, MLem darngj‑a ‘hold (fast)’
< OLem darnggh‑
< PLem *darnggh‑, nasal-infix present of
< PIE *dregʰ‑

doublet of skràc.

Cognates

Gk δράσσομαι ‘hold, seize’, OCS drъžǫ ‘hold’