xerec

Catalan

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) /ʃəˈɾɛk/

IPA^(key): (Valencian) /t͡ʃeˈɾek/

Adjective

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

(Balearics) thin, dry, sickly

Further reading

“xerec” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
“xerec” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

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