praznic
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic праздьникъ (prazdĭnikŭ), from праздьнъ (prazdĭnŭ) + -икъ (-ikŭ), from Proto-Slavic *porzdьnъ;[1] compare Serbo-Croatian praznik, Ukrainian празник (praznyk).
Noun
praznic n (plural praznice)
- meal after a dead person's burial and funeral in their honor/memory; wake; burial feast, funeral repast
- Synonym: comând
- banquet, feast
Declension
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | ||
| nominative-accusative | praznic | praznicul | praznice | praznicele | |
| genitive-dative | praznic | praznicului | praznice | praznicelor | |
| vocative | praznicule | praznicelor | |||
Derived terms
References
- ^ Paliga, Sorin (2024) An Etymological Dictionary of the Romanian Language, New York: Peter Lang, →ISBN, page 418