gërdec

== Albanian == === Alternative forms === gërrdec === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɡəɾˈdet͡s/ Rhymes: -et͡s Hyphenation: gër‧déc === Noun === gërdec m (plural gërdeca, definite gërdeci, definite plural gërdecat) (botany) bearberry (Arctostaphylos uva-ursi) (medicine, uncountable) syphilis Synonym: sifiliz (medicine, southern Gheg, Tirana) lupus Synonym: lupus ==== Declension ==== === Adjective === gërdec (figurative) tough, sturdy (also in the sense of uncooked food) Synonym: kallkan === Further reading === FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[1], 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