potcoavă

Romanian

o potcoavă ― a horseshoe

Etymology

Borrowed from South Slavic, ultimately from Proto-Slavic *podъkova. Compare Bulgarian подко́ва (podkóva), Serbo-Croatian pòtkova／по̀ткова.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [potˈko̯a.və]

Noun

potcoavă f (plural potcoave)

1. horseshoe

Declension

Declension of potcoavă

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(o) potcoavă	potcoava	(niște) potcoave	potcoavele
genitive/dative	(unei) potcoave	potcoavei	(unor) potcoave	potcoavelor
vocative	potcoavă, potcoavo		potcoavelor

References

• potcoavă in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)