picaj

Romanian

Etymology

From pica (“to dive”) +‎ -aj. Seemingly a pseudo-Gallicism, since French piquage (“pricking, stitching”) is semantically unrelated, while piqué (“dive”) is used.

Noun

picaj n (plural picaje)

1. (aviation) dive

Declension

Declension of picaj

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) picaj	picajul	(niște) picaje	picajele
genitive/dative	(unui) picaj	picajului	(unor) picaje	picajelor
vocative	picajule		picajelor