usuc
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Romanian[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
see usca.
Verb[edit]
usuc
Etymology 2[edit]
Unknown. Possibly from the verb usca or alternatively from Latin sucus, contaminated with the former (see also suc, which may be a borrowed doublet). Another theory suggests an Ancient Greek root *οἴσυκος (*oísukos) < οἴσυπος (oísupos).
Noun[edit]
usuc n (plural usucuri)
- (rare, regional) sebum, an oily substance covering the wool sheared from a sheep, which is then washed off
- (rare, regional) the dirty water consisting of this washed out material
Declension[edit]
Declension of usuc
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) usuc | usucul | (niște) usucuri | usucurile |
genitive/dative | (unui) usuc | usucului | (unor) usucuri | usucurilor |
vocative | usucule | usucurilor |
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