râncaci
Romanian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From râncă (from Old Church Slavonic рѫка (rǫka, “hand”)) + -aci. Other theories are unlikely, such as a Vulgar Latin *rēnicus, from Latin ren (“kidney”) (cf. Spanish rengo), German Ranke (“penis”), or Latin rāmex (“hernia”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]râncaci m (masculine only, plural râncaci)
- (regional, Banat, Oltenia, popular, of an animal) having one testicle (after being castrated poorly)
Declension
[edit]| masculine only | singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | |||
| nominative- accusative |
indefinite | râncaci | — | râncaci | — | |||
| definite | râncaciul | — | râncacii | — | ||||
| genitive- dative |
indefinite | râncaci | — | râncaci | — | |||
| definite | râncaciului | — | râncacilor | — | ||||