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

	indefinite		definite
	singular	plural	singular	plural
nominative	gërdec	gërdeca	gërdeci	gërdecat
accusative			gërdecin
dative	gërdeci	gërdecave	gërdecit	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]‎^[1] (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