falcă

See also: falca and falcã

Romanian

Etymology

Back-formation from fălci (plural), from Latin falx, falcem (“sickle”), or through a Vulgar Latin form *falca; compare Aromanian falcã; change in meaning, due to the shape of the mandible, also in Albanian felqinë (“jaw”). Compare also the semantic development of Sardinian cavanu (“jaw”) and cavana (“sickle”). Latin maxilla (“jaw”) gave Romanian măsea (“molar”). Cf. also the original single form falce, now a regional term and with a different meaning.

Noun

falcă f (plural fălci)

1. jaw

Declension

Declension of falcă

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(o) falcă	falca	(niște) fălci	fălcile
genitive/dative	(unei) fălci	fălcii	(unor) fălci	fălcilor
vocative	falcă, falco		fălcilor

Derived terms

• fălcos

Related terms

• falce