Macedonian edit

Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish كیرچ (kireç) (Turkish kireç), from Persian کرس (kers), from Akkadian 𒌋𒀜 (kīru), from Sumerian 𒌋𒀜 (gir, oven, kiln).

Noun edit

креч (krečm (uncountable)

  1. (dialectal) lime, quicklime
    Synonym: вар (var)

Etymology 2 edit

Noun edit

креч (krečm (plural кречеви)

  1. cramp
    Synonym: грч (grč)

Serbo-Croatian edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish كیرچ (kireç) (Turkish kireç), from Persian کرس (kers), from Akkadian 𒌋𒀜 (kīru), from Sumerian 𒌋𒀜 (gir, oven, kiln).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

кре̏ч m (Latin spelling krȅč)

  1. (uncountable) lime
  2. (uncountable) calx
  3. (uncountable) whitewash

Declension edit

References edit

  • креч” in Hrvatski jezični portal