cotoi

See also: Cotoi

Romanian

Etymology

Possibly inherited from Late Latin cattus (“cat”), having later been suffixed with -oi (or perhaps directly from a Vulgar Latin cattōneus), the original pronunciation thus being *cătoi. The change from ă to o is not uncommon, occuring in words such as; porumb < părumb and boteza < *băteza. See also cătușă, which meant cat in archaic language.

Alternatively from a former *cot, from Old Church Slavonic котъ (kotŭ), from Proto-Slavic *kotъ, later being suffixed. Though it's possible the pronunciation is simply a result of Slavicisation.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /koˈtoj/

Noun

cotoi m (plural cotoi)

1. tomcat

   Synonym: motan

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	cotoi	cotoiul		cotoi	cotoii
genitive-dative	cotoi	cotoiului		cotoi	cotoilor
vocative	cotoiule			cotoilor

See also

• cătușă
• pisică

Further reading

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