biserică
Romanian edit
Alternative forms edit
- băsearecă, băsearică — obsolete
- бисерикэ (biserică) — post-1930s Cyrillic spelling
Etymology edit
Inherited from Latin basilica, from Ancient Greek βασιλική (basilikḗ). Doublet of the borrowing bazilică. Compare Aromanian bisericã / bisearicã.
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /biˈse.ri.kə/
Audio (male voice): (file) Audio (female voice): (file) - Rhymes: -erikə
- Hyphenation: bi‧se‧ri‧că
Noun edit
biserică f (plural biserici)
Declension edit
Declension of biserică
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
| nominative/accusative | (o) biserică | biserica | (niște) biserici | bisericile |
| genitive/dative | (unei) biserici | bisericii | (unor) biserici | bisericilor |
| vocative | biserică, biserico | bisericilor | ||
Derived terms edit
See also edit
References edit
- biserică in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)