basm

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic баснь (basnĭ), from Proto-Slavic *basnь.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /basm/

• Audio:

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Noun

basm n (plural basme)

1. fairy tale, fiction, yarn (folktale)

Declension

Declension of basm

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) basm	basmul	(niște) basme	basmele
genitive/dative	(unui) basm	basmului	(unor) basme	basmelor
vocative	basmule		basmelor

Further reading

• basm in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)