mëlçi

Albanian

Alternative forms

• mbëlçi

Etymology

From Italian milza.

Noun

mëlçi f (plural mëlçi, definite mëlçia, definite plural mëlçitë)

1. (anatomy) liver
2. innards
3. (colloquial) lungs

Hyponyms

• mëlçi e bardhë (“lung”)
• mëlçi e zezë (“liver”)

Synonyms

• mushkëri (“lungs”) (Tosk)
• mushkni (“lungs”) (Gheg)
• shpretka (“liver”) (Tosk)
• shpnetka (“liver”) (Gheg)
• shnetka (“liver”) (archaic) (used in Kosovo and North Macedonia)