hamsie

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish خمسی (hamsı), from Greek χαμψί (champsí).

Noun

hamsie f (plural hamsii)

1. European anchovy (Engraulis encrasicolus)

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	hamsie	hamsia		hamsii	hamsiile
genitive-dative	hamsii	hamsiei		hamsii	hamsiilor
vocative	hamsie, hamsio			hamsiilor