bufniță

Romanian

Etymology

Diminutive of less common bufnă (“owl”) +‎ -iță, from dialectal buf, bufă, from Vulgar Latin *būfus (“owl”). Compare Albanian buf, Spanish búho.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbuf.ni.t͡sə/

Noun

bufniță f (plural bufnițe)

1. owl (any bird of the order Strigiformes)

   Synonym: (Bubo bubo) buhă

2. (familiar) a shrewish woman, harpy

Declension

Declension of bufniță

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(o) bufniță	bufnița	(niște) bufnițe	bufnițele
genitive/dative	(unei) bufnițe	bufniței	(unor) bufnițe	bufnițelor
vocative	bufniță, bufnițo		bufnițelor

Derived terms

• bufniță-de-hambar
• bufniță polară
• papagal-bufniță

Related terms

• buf
• bufnă
• buhos

See also

• ciuf
• ciuf-de-câmp
• ciuf-de-pădure
• cucuvea
• huhurez
• huhurez mic
• kakapo
• strigide
• strigiformă
• uhu

References

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