bufniță

Romanian

Etymology

Diminutive of less common bufnă (“owl”) +‎ -iță, from dialectal buf, bufă, from Late Latin būfus (“owl”). Compare Albanian buf, Spanish búho.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbuf.ni.t͡sə/

Noun

bufniță f (plural bufnițe)

  1. owl (any bird of the order Strigiformes)
    Synonym: (Bubo bubo) buhă
  2. (familiar) a shrewish woman, harpy

Declension

Declension of bufniță
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative bufniță bufnița bufnițe bufnițele
genitive-dative bufnițe bufniței bufnițe bufnițelor
vocative bufniță, bufnițo bufnițelor

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