caier

Romanian

Etymology

From a Vulgar Latin root *caiulus or *calerus, from Latin galērus.

Noun

caier n (plural caiere)

1. beat
2. flax tress, tress lock
3. hemp bundle

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	caier	caierul		caiere	caierele
genitive-dative	caier	caierului		caiere	caierelor
vocative	caierule			caierelor

Related terms

• încăiera

See also

• cânepă

Further reading

• “caier”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2025