gërdec

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Albanian

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡəɾˈdet͡s/
  • Rhymes: -et͡s
  • Hyphenation: gër‧déc

Noun

gërdec m (plural gërdeca, definite gërdeci, definite plural gërdecat)

  1. (botany) bearberry (Arctostaphylos uva-ursi)
  2. (medicine, uncountable) syphilis
    Synonym: sifiliz
  3. (medicine, southern Gheg, Tirana) lupus
    Synonym: lupus

Declension

Declension of gërdec
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative gërdec gërdeci gërdeca gërdecat
accusative gërdecin
dative gërdeci gërdecit gërdecave gërdecave
ablative gërdecash

Adjective

gërdec

  1. (figurative) tough, sturdy (also in the sense of uncooked food)
    Synonym: kallkan

Further reading

  • “gërdec”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎ (in Albanian), 1980
  • “gërdec”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
  • Mann, S. E. (1948) “gërdec”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 125
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