borcan – Romanian noun declension

Romanian noun forms of borcan

Noun: borcan
Long Infinitive of Verb:

Nominative

Sg. Indef.borcan
Sg. Def.borcanul
Pl. Indef.borcane
Pl. Def.borcanele

Genitive

Sg. Indef.borcan
Sg. Def.borcanului
Pl. Indef.borcane
Pl. Def.borcanelor

Vocative

Singularborcanule
Pluralborcanelor

Sample Sentences

Etymology

1. Uncertain. Possible etymologies:
2. * If an internal development, augmentative of boroacă (“swelling”) inherited from Latin verrūca (“wart”), or a cognate of Italian brocca, inherited from Vulgar Latin *brocca, borrowed from Ancient Greek πρόχοος (prókhoos, “vessel for water”).
3. * Borrowed from Hungarian bokál (“pitcher”) (possibly through Serbian), from Italian boccale, inherited from Late Latin baucalis, from Ancient Greek βαύκαλις (baúkalis, “container used for the cooling of wine”).
4. * Borrowed from Hungarian borkancsó (“wine pitcher”) (from bor (“wine”) + kancsó (“pitcher, jug”)) or borkanna (“wine jug”) (from bor (“wine”) + kanna (“jug, pot”)). See: Latin Nouns 'verrūca', Italian Nouns 'brocca', Ancient Greek Nouns 'πρόχοος', Hungarian Nouns 'bokál', Italian Nouns 'boccale', Ancient Greek Nouns 'βαύκαλις', Hungarian Nouns 'borkancsó'.

Verbs referencing "borcan"

Bulgarian Nouns буркан, Hungarian Nouns borkán.

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