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Macedonian
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish كیرچ (kireç) (Turkish kireç), from Persian کرس (kers), from Akkadian 𒌋𒀜 (kīru), from Sumerian 𒌋𒀜 (gir, “oven, kiln”).
Noun
креч • (kreč) m (uncountable)
- (dialectal) lime, quicklime
- Synonym: вар (var)
Etymology 2
Noun
креч • (kreč) m (plural кречеви)
- cramp
- Synonym: грч (grč)
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish كیرچ (kireç) (Turkish kireç), from Persian کرس (kers), from Akkadian 𒌋𒀜 (kīru), from Sumerian 𒌋𒀜 (gir, “oven, kiln”).
Pronunciation
Noun
кре̏ч m (Latin spelling krȅč)
- (uncountable) lime
- (uncountable) calx
- (uncountable) whitewash
Declension
References
- “креч” in Hrvatski jezični portal