liliac

Romanian

Etymology 1

liliac – Syringa vulgaris

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish لیلاق (leylak), from Arabic لَيْلَك (laylak), from Persian لیلک (lilak, “lilac”). Doublet of lila.

Noun

liliac m (plural lilieci)

1. lilac

Declension

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	liliac	liliacul	lilieci	liliecii
genitive-dative	liliac	liliacului	lilieci	liliecilor
vocative	liliacule		liliecilor

Derived terms

• liliachiu

Etymology 2

lilieci – Rousettus aegyptiacus

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)

1. bat (the flying mammal)

Declension

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	liliac	liliacul	lilieci	liliecii
genitive-dative	liliac	liliacului	lilieci	liliecilor
vocative	liliacule		liliecilor