iriq

Albanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Eastern Romance, whence Romanian arici, from Latin ēricius.[1]

Pronunciation

  • (Tosk) IPA(key): [iɾic]
  • (Gheg) IPA(key): [ɪɾit͡ʃ]

Noun

iríq m (plural iríqë, definite iríqi, definite plural iríqët)

  1. hedgehog
    Synonym: ésh
    iriq deti ― sea urchin (literally, “sea hedgehog”)
  2. (medicine) tumor
    Synonym: irízë
    iriq i zi ― cancer (literally, “black tumour”)

Declension

Declension of iriq
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative iriq iriqi iriqë iriqët
accusative iriqin
dative iriqi iriqit iriqëve iriqëve
ablative iriqësh

Derived terms

  • iríqëz
  • irízë

References

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (2000) A concise historical grammar of the Albanian language: reconstruction of Proto-Albanian‎[1], Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 28

Further reading

  • “iriq”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
  • FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[2], 1980
  • Newmark, L. (1999) “iriq”, in Oxford Albanian-English Dictionary‎[3]
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