iriq

Albanian

Alternative forms

• uriq — Tosk
• (plural) iriqe, iriqa

Etymology

Borrowed from Eastern Romance, whence Romanian arici, from Latin ēricius.

Pronunciation

• (Tosk) IPA^(key): [iɾic]
• (Gheg) IPA^(key): [ɪɾit͡ʃ]

Noun

iríq m (plural iríqë, definite iríqi, definite plural iríqët)

1. hedgehog

   Synonym: ésh

   iriq deti ― sea urchin (literally, “sea hedgehog”)

2. (medicine) tumor

   Synonym: irízë

   iriq i zi ― cancer (literally, “black tumour”)

Declension

Declension of iriq

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	iriq	iriqi	iriqë	iriqët
accusative		iriqin
dative	iriqi	iriqit	iriqëve	iriqëve
ablative			iriqësh

Derived terms

• iríqëz
• irízë

Further reading

• “iriq”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
• FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎^[2], 1980
• Newmark, Leonard (1999), “iriq”, in Oxford Albanian-English Dictionary‎^[3]