maslă

Romanian

Etymology

Probably borrowed from Russian масть (mastʹ, “card game suit”), influenced in Romanian by words such as maslu. Alternately, influenced by or borrowed from Russian масло (maslo, “oil painting”).

Noun

maslă f (plural masle)

1. the four suits of playing cards

Declension

Declension of maslă

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(o) maslă	masla	(niște) masle	maslele
genitive/dative	(unei) masle	maslei	(unor) masle	maslelor
vocative	maslă, maslo		maslelor

Derived terms

• măslui (“to rig a game”)