gresie
Romanian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Uncertain; possibly a substratum word, akin to Albanian grihë, or derived from Albanian gërresë (“potter's instrument for leveling”). Alternatively, from a Slavic *kresь or *gresь; compare Serbo-Croatian kresalo, kresivo (“flint, tinderbox”), kresati (“light with flint”), kresiti (“set off sparks”).[1]
Noun
[edit]gresie f (plural gresii)
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | ||
| nominative-accusative | gresie | gresia | gresii | gresiile | |
| genitive-dative | gresii | gresiei | gresii | gresiilor | |
| vocative | gresie, gresio | gresiilor | |||