seiz
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish سائس (“seyis”), from Arabic سَائِس m (sāʔis, “stableman, groom”).
Cognates include Hindi साईस (sāīs), Malay sais, Indonesian sais, Swahili saisi, Turkish seyis.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /seˈiz/
Noun
seiz m (plural seizi)
Declension
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | ||
| nominative-accusative | seiz | seizul | seizi | seizii | |
| genitive-dative | seiz | seizului | seizi | seizilor | |
| vocative | seizule | seizilor | |||
Further reading
- “seiz”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2025