biserică
Romanian
Alternative forms
- băsearecă, băsearică — obsolete
- бисерикэ (biserică) — post-1930s Cyrillic spelling
Etymology
Inherited from Latin basilica, from Ancient Greek βασιλική (basilikḗ). Doublet of the borrowing bazilică. Compare Aromanian bisericã / bisearicã.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /biˈse.ri.kə/
Audio (male voice): (file) Audio (female voice): (file) - Rhymes: -erikə
- Hyphenation: bi‧se‧ri‧că
Noun
biserică f (plural biserici)
Declension
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | ||
| nominative-accusative | biserică | biserica | biserici | bisericile | |
| genitive-dative | biserici | bisericii | biserici | bisericilor | |
| vocative | biserică, biserico | bisericilor | |||
Derived terms
See also
References
- “biserică”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2025