baligă

See also: baliga, Baliga, baligã, balığa, and băliga

Romanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Currently held for a Balkan substratum word;[1] compare Albanian bajgë, probably borrowed from Proto-Albanian *balgā, Serbo-Croatian bȁlega/ба̏лега. Compare Aromanian baligã. Also compare Lombard bagula, belegot, Provençal velego, veleguo and Occitan belego.

However, in other borrowings from Albanian the intervowel "l" is rhotacized (as in Albanian modhull to mazăre). This might indicate it is an older double "l" (as in callis to cale) or a more recent borrowing from Slavic languages.[2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈba.li.ɡə]

Noun

baligă f (plural baligi)

  1. dung (of cows, horses etc.)

Declension

Declension of baligă
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative baligă baliga baligi baligile
genitive-dative baligi baligii baligi baligilor
vocative baligă, baligo baligilor

References

  1. ^ Paliga, Sorin (2024) An Etymological Dictionary of the Romanian Language, New York: Peter Lang, →ISBN, page 180
  2. ^ Ungureanu, Dan (2024) Istoria Limbii Române [History of the Romanian Language], Chișinău: Cartier, →ISBN
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