căciulă

See also: cãciulã

Romanian

Etymology

Possibly borrowed from Albanian kësulë (var. kaçule). Compare Aromanian cãciulã, cãciuã, Greek κασούλα (kasoúla). Alternatively cognate to it as Balkan substratum word, or akin to Latin casula or cuculla. Other attempts have been made to link it to a Vulgar Latin *catteula, from *cattea, from cattus, to *casibula, variant of casubula, but these are unlikely. Compare also Venetan caciòła.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kəˈt͡ʃʲulə/
  • Rhymes: -ulə
  • Hyphenation: că‧ciu‧lă

Noun

căciulă f (plural căciuli)

  1. a fur cap

Declension

Declension of căciulă
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative căciulă căciula căciuli căciulile
genitive-dative căciuli căciulii căciuli căciulilor
vocative căciulă, căciulo căciulilor

Derived terms

See also