креч

Macedonian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [krɛt͡ʃ]

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish كیرج (kirec, lime), from Persian کرس (kers), from Akkadian 𒌋𒀜 (kīru), from Sumerian 𒌋𒀜 (gir, oven, 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 Persian کرس (kers), from Akkadian 𒌋𒀜 (kīru), from Sumerian 𒌋𒀜 (gir, oven, 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), 2006–2025