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pi· I§ vt 1 to drink [liquid]; drink down [medicine] 2 to smoke [tobacco] 3 to soak up [a liquid], absorb 4 [Fig Colloq] to suffer [a blow], get struck badly II§ vi to be a regular drinker of alcohol: drink, drink too much • <> pi·3pl {bugs} [Colloq] {bugs} are eating <> up alive, <> is plagued by {bugs} • e pi· to get it in the neck • [ ] pi·3sg e zeza "grievous misfortune befalls [ ]" a terrible thing happens to [ ] • pi· gjak me [ ] [Ethnog] to pledge blood fellowship with [ ] (by drinking a drop of each other's blood) • <> pi· gjakun "drink/suck <>'s blood" 1 to exploit <> mercilessly: make <> sweat blood 2 to inflict terrible pain on <>, torture <> to death • e pi·past (gjithë) kupën (e hidhërimit/mjerimit) [Book] to have drunk from the bitter cup of life: have experienced terrible misfortunes • <>a pi· lëngun [Impol] "taste <>'s juice" to learn from experience that <> is not to be feared, learn from experience that <> is a paper tiger • pi· lëngun e gjarprit (prej <>) "drink snake poison from <>" to taste bitterness in life, has suffered a lot (from <>), go through hell (because of <>) • pi· llullë to have a lot of fun • Nuk pi macja uthull [Iron] "The cat doesn't drink vinegar" That can't just happen. * pi'acë = pja'cë * pi|ana'k OR pi|ani'k = piane'c