tovarăș
Romanian
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- (abbreviation used during Romania's communist era): tov.
Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Ukrainian товариш (tovaryš), from Proto-Slavic *tovariščь; compare Russian това́рищ (továrišč), Serbo-Croatian товариш, Polish towarzysz, Finnish toveri. Meaning of "fellow socialist" borrowed from Russian това́рищ (továrišč).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]tovarăș m (plural tovarăși, feminine equivalent tovarășă)
- comrade
- Synonym: camarad
- (colloquial) friend
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | ||
| nominative-accusative | tovarăș | tovarășul | tovarăși | tovarășii | |
| genitive-dative | tovarăș | tovarășului | tovarăși | tovarășilor | |
| vocative | tovarășule | tovarășilor | |||
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compounds and phrases