bârlog

See also: Barlog, Bârlog, barłóg, and Barłóg

Romanian

Alternative forms

• bîrlog — 1953–1993 spelling

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic бърлогъ (bŭrlogŭ), from Proto-Slavic *bьrlogъ, *bьrloga. Compare Bulgarian бърлога (bărloga), Serbo-Croatian brlog (“den, lair”).(Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced? Particularly: “bârlog”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɨrˈloɡ/

Noun

bârlog n (plural bârloguri)

1. cave
2. den

Declension

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	bârlog	bârlogul	bârloguri	bârlogurile
genitive-dative	bârlog	bârlogului	bârloguri	bârlogurilor
vocative	bârlogule		bârlogurilor

Further reading

• “bârlog”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2026