bufniță
Romanian
Etymology
Diminutive of less common bufnă (“owl”) + -iță, from dialectal buf, bufă, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Vulgar Latin root *būfus ("owl"). Compare Albanian buf, Spanish búho.
Pronunciation
Noun
bufniță f (plural bufnițe)
- owl (any bird of the order Strigiformes)
- (familiar) a shrewish woman, harpy
Declension
Declension of bufniță
singular | plural | |||
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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 |
Synonyms
- (bird): buhă (Bubo bubo)
Derived terms
Related terms
See also
References
- bufniță in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)