shtërg

Albanian

Alternative forms

• shtërk — Gheg
• stërg

Etymology

From South Slavic, compare Serbo-Croatian štȓk, Macedonian штрк (štrk), Bulgarian щъ́ркел (štǎ́rkel).

Noun

shtërg m (plural shtërgje, definite shtërgu, definite plural shtërgjet)

1. stork (Ciconia)

Declension

Declension of shtërg

	indefinite		definite
	singular	plural	singular	plural
nominative	shtërg	shtërgje	shtërgu	shtërgjet
accusative			shtërgun
dative	shtërgu	shtërgjeve	shtërgut	shtërgjeve
ablative		shtërgjesh

Synonyms

• lejlek, kanushë

Hyponyms

• shtërg misiri (“curlew”) (genus Numenius)