креч

Macedonian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [krɛt͡ʃ]

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish كیرچ (kireç) (Turkish kireç), from Persian کرس (kers), from Akkadian 𒌋𒀜 (kīru), from Sumerian 𒌋𒀜 (gir, “oven, kiln”).

Noun

креч • (kreč) m (uncountable)

1. (dialectal) lime, quicklime

   Synonym: вар (var)

Etymology 2

Noun

креч • (kreč) m (plural кречеви)

1. cramp

   Synonym: грч (grč)

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish كیرچ (kireç) (Turkish kireç), from Persian کرس (kers), from Akkadian 𒌋𒀜 (kīru), from Sumerian 𒌋𒀜 (gir, “oven, kiln”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /krêt͡ʃ/

Noun

кре̏ч m (Latin spelling krȅč)

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

Declension

Declension of креч

	singular
nominative	креч
genitive	креча
dative	кречу
accusative	креч
vocative	крече
locative	кречу
instrumental	кречом

References

• “креч”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024