arșinic

See also: arsinic

Romanian

Un arșinic

Etymology

From urșinic (“silk”), from an antecedent shared with notable variant urușnic, probably inherited from Vulgar Latin *holoserinicus (“silken”), based on Latin holosēricus. Less likely, a substrate word.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [arˈʃi.nik]

Noun

arșinic m (plural arșinici)

1. Maltese cross (a plant species, (Silene chalcedonica, syn. Lychnis chalcedonica)

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	arșinic	arșinicul		arșinici	arșinicii
genitive-dative	arșinic	arșinicului		arșinici	arșinicilor
vocative	arșinicule			arșinicilor