bufniță
Romanian
editEtymology
editDiminutive of less common bufnă (“owl”) + -iță, from dialectal buf, bufă, from Late Latin būfus (“owl”). Compare Albanian buf, Spanish búho.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editbufniță f (plural bufnițe)
- owl (any bird of the order Strigiformes)
- Synonym: (Bubo bubo) buhă
- (familiar) a shrewish woman, harpy
Declension
editsingular | plural | ||||
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indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | ||
nominative-accusative | bufniță | bufnița | bufnițe | bufnițele | |
genitive-dative | bufnițe | bufniței | bufnițe | bufnițelor | |
vocative | bufniță, bufnițo | bufnițelor |
Derived terms
editRelated terms
editSee also
editReferences
edit- bufniță in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)