OrigineUncertain; possibly from a reduction of agheasmă (“holy water”) (cf. the variant aiasmă), in that it was believed to ward off apparitions, and is thus used euphemistically; compare the expressions cruce-n casă or bată-l crucea, which refer to the Devil. Other proposed etymologies are less likely, such as Slavic jazva ("wound"), old German ethma ("spirit").
- feminineghost, (evil) spirit, phantom, spectre, spook, fright
Formeiezme(plural) · iazmă(accusative, indefinite, nominative, singular) · iazma(accusative, definite, nominative, singular) · iezme(accusative, indefinite, nominative, plural) · iezmele(accusative, definite, nominative, plural) · iezme(dative, genitive, indefinite, singular) · iezmei(dative, definite, genitive, singular) · iezme(dative, genitive, indefinite, plural) · iezmelor(dative, definite, genitive, plural) · iazmă(singular, vocative) · iazmo(singular, vocative) · iezmelor(plural, vocative) · iasmă(alternative)