daltă

Romanian

Etymology

It is agreed to be from Proto-Indo-European *del- (“to split, carve, cut”), but whether it is a substratum word, akin to Albanian daltë, or an early loan from Proto-Slavic *dolto (compare e.g. Slovak dlato) is disputed.

Noun

daltă f (plural dălți)

1. chisel

Declension

declension of daltă

	singular		plural
gender f	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	o daltă	dalta	niște dălți	dălțile
genitive/dative	unei dălți	dălții	unor dălți	dălților