bufniță
Romanian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Diminutive of less common bufnă (“owl”) + -iță, from dialectal buf, bufă, from Late Latin būfus (“owl”). Compare Albanian buf, Spanish búho.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]bufniță f (plural bufnițe)
- owl (any bird of the order Strigiformes)
- Synonym: (Bubo bubo) buhă
- (familiar) a shrewish woman, harpy
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | ||
| nominative-accusative | bufniță | bufnița | bufnițe | bufnițele | |
| genitive-dative | bufnițe | bufniței | bufnițe | bufnițelor | |
| vocative | bufniță, bufnițo | bufnițelor | |||
Derived terms
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[edit]See also
[edit]References
[edit]- bufniță in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)