shag
Mane (English)
-
- Matted material; rough massed hair, fibres etc.
- Coarse shredded tobacco.
- A type of rough carpet pile.
- Bacon or fat, especially if with some remaining hair or bristles.
- A roughly-cut or torn-off piece of bread or cheese.
- A deliberately messy, shaggy hairstyle.
Synonyms
common shag
European shag
shaggy mane
shaggy ink cap
coarse wool
european shag
lawyer’s wig
have sexual intercourse
shaggie
Pircarînî
Wekî (IPA) tê bilêvkirin
/ʃæɡ/
Etîmolojî (English)
In summary
From Middle English *schagge, from Old English sċeacga (“hair, wool”), from Proto-Germanic *skaggô, *skaggiją (“projection, bristly hair, stem”), *skag- (“to emerge, stick out, protrude”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kek- (“to jump, move, hurry”). Akin to Old Norse skegg (“beard”) (compare Danish skæg, Norwegian skjegg, Swedish skägg). Related to shake and shock via the root.
Vê nîşan bike
Bilêvkirina xwe baştir bike
Vê peyvê binivîse
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