креч

Macedonian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [krɛt͡ʃ]

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish كیرج (kirec, lime), from Classical Persian گرچ (girač, lime), from Aramaic גִּירָא (gīrā), from Akkadian 𒌋𒀜 (gīru, kīru, kiln), from Sumerian 𒌋𒀜 (gir, kiln).

Noun

креч • (krečm (uncountable)

  1. (dialectal) lime, quicklime
    Synonym: вар (var)

Etymology 2

Noun

креч • (krečm (plural кречеви)

  1. cramp
    Synonym: грч (grč)

Further reading

  • креч” in Дигитален речник на македонскиот јазик (Digitalen rečnik na makedonskiot jazik) [Digital dictionary of the Macedonian language] − drmj.eu

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish كیرج (kirec, lime), from Classical Persian گرچ (girač, lime), from Aramaic גִּירָא (gīrā), from Akkadian 𒌋𒀜 (gīru, kīru, kiln), from Sumerian 𒌋𒀜 (gir, kiln).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /krêt͡ʃ/

Noun

кре̏ч m inan (Latin spelling krȅč)

  1. (uncountable) lime
  2. (uncountable) calx
  3. (uncountable) whitewash

Declension

References

  • креч”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026