aușel
Romanian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Probably from auș (“old man”) + diminutive suffix -el. Other ideas suggest Vulgar Latin aucellus (“small bird”) (compare Italian uccello, French oiseau), from Latin avis, but this is harder to explain due to phonetic difficulties as well as the reason why a general term for bird would apply to a specific species.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]aușel m (plural aușei)
- kinglet (Regulus regulus, syn. Regulus cristatus)
- penduline tit (Remiz pendulinus)
- Synonym: boicuș
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | ||
| nominative-accusative | aușel | aușelul | aușei | aușeii | |
| genitive-dative | aușel | aușelului | aușei | aușeilor | |
| vocative | aușelule | aușeilor | |||
Derived terms
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[edit]References
[edit]- aușel in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)