sfeclă

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic свеклъ (sveklŭ), from Byzantine Greek, from Ancient Greek σεῦκλον (seûklon). Compare Serbo-Croatian cvikla, Bulgarian цвекло (cveklo), Russian свёкла (svjókla); cf. also Hungarian cékla.

Noun

sfeclă f (plural sfecle)

  1. beet (Beta vulgaris)
  2. beetroot
    Synonym: sfeclă roșie

Declension

Declension of sfeclă
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative sfeclă sfecla sfecle sfeclele
genitive-dative sfecle sfeclei sfecle sfeclelor
vocative sfeclă, sfeclo sfeclelor

See also