potcoavă

Romanian

o potcoavă ― a horseshoe

Etymology

Borrowed from South Slavic, ultimately from Proto-Slavic *podъkova. Compare Bulgarian подко́ва (podkóva), Serbo-Croatian pòtkova / по̀ткова.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [potˈko̯a.və]

Noun

potcoavă f (plural potcoave)

1. horseshoe

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	potcoavă	potcoava		potcoave	potcoavele
genitive-dative	potcoave	potcoavei		potcoave	potcoavelor
vocative	potcoavă, potcoavo			potcoavelor

References

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