xerec

Catalan

Etymology

Back-formation from xereca, from Moroccan Arabic شَرِيحَة (“dried fig”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ʃəˈɾɛk]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [t͡ʃeˈɾek]

Adjective

xerec (feminine xereca, masculine plural xerecs, feminine plural xereques)

1. (Balearic) thin, dry, sickly

Further reading

• “xerec”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “xerec” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.