liliac
Romanian
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish لیلاق (leylak), from Arabic لَيْلَك (laylak), from Persian لیلک (lilak, “lilac”). Doublet of lila.
Noun
liliac m (plural lilieci)
Declension
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | ||
| nominative-accusative | liliac | liliacul | lilieci | liliecii | |
| genitive-dative | liliac | liliacului | lilieci | liliecilor | |
| vocative | liliacule | liliecilor | |||
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Bulgarian лиляк (liljak), from Proto-Slavic *lelьkъ. Compare Ukrainian ли́ли́к (lýlýk), ле́ли́к (lélýk, “bat”), Polish lelek (“nightjar”), Slovak lelek (“nightjar”) and Macedonian лилјак (liljak).
Alternative forms
- leliac — regional, archaic
- iliac, iliac, ililac, ilileac, lulac, luliac, luluiac, uliac — regional
- liec, lileac — archaic
Noun
liliac m (plural lilieci)
- bat (the flying mammal)