Romanian edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic крастѣль (krastělĭ), from Proto-Slavic *korstělь. Compare Bulgarian крастел (krastel), Russian коростель (korostelʹ), Czech chřástal, Slovak chriašteľ.

Noun edit

cristei m (plural cristei)

  1. corncrake (Crex crex)

Declension edit