descăleca

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Romanian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Inherited from Vulgar Latin *discaballicāre, from dis- + Late Latin caballicāre, from Latin caballus (horse). Compare Aromanian discalic, discãlicari or Albanian shkalkoj. Sense 2 may have been influenced by a migratory or nomadic Central Asian people that entered lands occupied by Romanians, as a similar meaning of choosing a place to set up and live temporarily exists in some Turanian cultures for the term 'dismount'[1]

Verb

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a descăleca (third-person singular present descalecă, past participle descălecat) 1st conj.

  1. to get off a horse, dismount, alight
    Synonym: a da jos de pe cal
    Antonym: încăleca
  2. to settle down, colonize, populate, set up
    Synonyms: stabili, coloniza, popula, întemeia

Conjugation

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References

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  1. ^ descăleca in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)