gërdec

Albanian

Alternative forms

• gërrdec

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

• FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎^[1], 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