frasin

Romanian

Frasin

Alternative forms

• frapsăn — regional, Banat
• фрасин (frasin) — post-1930s Cyrillic spelling

Etymology

Inherited from Latin fraxinus, from *bʰr̥Hǵ-s-inos, adjective of Proto-Indo-European *bʰerHǵos (“birch”).

Compare Aromanian frapsin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfra.sin/

Noun

frasin m (plural frasini)

1. ash (tree)

Declension

Declension of frasin

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) frasin	frasinul	(niște) frasini	frasinii
genitive/dative	(unui) frasin	frasinului	(unor) frasini	frasinilor
vocative	frasinule		frasinilor

Related terms

• frăsinet

Further reading

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