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Etymology

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Diminutive of less common bufnă (owl) +‎ -iță, from dialectal buf, bufă, from Late Latin būfus (owl). Compare Albanian buf, Spanish búho.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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bufniță f (plural bufnițe)

  1. owl (any bird of the order Strigiformes)
    Synonym: (Bubo bubo) buhă
  2. (familiar) a shrewish woman, harpy

Declension

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singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative bufniță bufnița bufnițe bufnițele
genitive-dative bufnițe bufniței bufnițe bufnițelor
vocative bufniță, bufnițo bufnițelor

Derived terms

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See also

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References

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