baligă
Romanian
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Currently held for a Balkan substratum word;[1] compare Albanian bajgë, probably borrowed from Proto-Albanian *balgā, Serbo-Croatian bȁlega/ба̏лега. Compare Aromanian baligã. Also compare Lombard bagula, belegot, Provençal velego, veleguo and Occitan belego.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]baligă f (plural baligi)
- dung (of cow)
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | ||
| nominative-accusative | baligă | baliga | baligi | baligile | |
| genitive-dative | baligi | baligii | baligi | baligilor | |
| vocative | baligă, baligo | baligilor | |||
References
[edit]- ^ Paliga, Sorin (2024) An Etymological Dictionary of the Romanian Language, New York: Peter Lang, →ISBN, page 180