dihor

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic дъхорь (dŭxorĭ), from Proto-Slavic *dъxorь. Compare Macedonian твор (tvor, “skunk”), Slovene dihur (“polecat”), Russian хорь (xorʹ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /diˈhor/, /ˈdi.hor/

Noun

dihor m (plural dihori)

1. polecat

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	dihor	dihorul		dihori	dihorii
genitive-dative	dihor	dihorului		dihori	dihorilor
vocative	dihorule			dihorilor

References

• dihor in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)