băț – Romanian noun declension

Noun: băț

Long Infinitive of Verb:

Nominative

Sg. Indef.	băț
Sg. Def.	bățul
Pl. Indef.	bețe
Pl. Def.	bețele

Genitive

Sg. Indef.	băț
Sg. Def.	bățului
Pl. Indef.	bețe
Pl. Def.	bețelor

Vocative

Singular	bățule
Plural	bețelor

Sample Sentences

Perechea asta de pantofi costă trei bețe. (This pair of shoes costs three hundred Romanian lei.)

Nouns inflected like băț

procovăț, ospăț, juvăț, băț, pocrovăț, cănăvăț, crivăț,

Etymology

Unknown. Various theories have been put forth; among the most probable is a Common Slavic bičĭ, from Proto-Slavic *bičь (“whip, flagellum”), and thus a doublet of bici (“whip”). Another possibility is a Slavic bŭtŭ, from Proto-Slavic *bъtъ (whence bâtă (“club”)); cf. also Hungarian bot). Less likely etymologies include a Vulgar Latin *vittum, from Latin vitta (“band, ribbon, fillet”) (but the reason for the phonetic alteration of the final consonant is unknown), or Latin vitium (“vice, crime, misdeed”) (but this presents semantic difficulties; perhaps an abstract link arose between the idea of a stick or rod and punishment for a misdeed or crime), or finally Latin vectis (“pole or bar”) (but this again encounters phonetic problems).