arç

• arrç — northern Gheg

• IPA^(key): /aɾt͡ʃ/
• Rhymes: -aɾt͡ʃ

arç m (definite arçi)

1. (anatomy) axis, epistropheus, nape
2. cockchafer (Melolontha vulgaris)
3. mole cricket (Gryllotalpidae family)
4. (Tosk) a species of tree used in medicine

• Mann, S. E. (1948) “arç”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 10

Unknown; possibly from a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia, perhaps via Vulgar Latin *artea or *artius. Compare Navarro-Aragonese arto (“blackthorn”) and Asturian artu (“bramble”).

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencian) [ˈars]

arç m (plural arços)

1. a name given to various species of flowering shrubs including the hawthorn, the sea-buckthorn, and the European teatree

• “arç” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.