usuc

Romanian

Etymology 1

see usca.

Verb

usuc

1. first-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of usca

Etymology 2

Unknown. Possibly from the verb usca or alternatively from Latin sucus, contaminated with the former (see also suc, which may be a borrowed doublet). Another theory suggests an Ancient Greek root *οἴσυκος (*oísukos) < οἴσυπος (oísupos).

Noun

usuc n (plural usucuri)

1. (rare, regional) sebum, an oily substance covering the wool sheared from a sheep, which is then washed off
2. (rare, regional) the dirty water consisting of this washed out material

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	usuc	usucul		usucuri	usucurile
genitive-dative	usuc	usucului		usucuri	usucurilor
vocative	usucule			usucurilor

Related terms

• suc