maslă
Romanian
Etymology
Probably borrowed from Russian масть (mastʹ, “card game suit”), influenced in Romanian by words such as maslu. Alternately, influenced by or borrowed from Russian масло (maslo, “oil painting”).
Noun
maslă f (plural masle)
- the four suits of playing cards
Declension
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | ||
| nominative-accusative | maslă | masla | masle | maslele | |
| genitive-dative | masle | maslei | masle | maslelor | |
| vocative | maslă, maslo | maslelor | |||
Derived terms
- măslui (“to rig a game”)