Lemizh / English dictionary
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plOqkàj.
to infect someone-dat (of bacteria)
plOqkèj. bacterium
Etymology
poststem from plural of
< NLem plOqk‑a ‘foul air, airborne disease’
< LMLem, MLem pleqk‑a ‘spread’ [of diseases, rumours]
< OLem plethk‑
< PLem *plethx‑ ‘spread (out)’, Narten present of
< PIE *pleth₂‑
Cognates
Gk πλατύς ‘wide, flat’, Lit plintù ‘spread’