coajă
Megleno-Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic кожа (koža), or from a (South) Slavic koža, from Proto-Slavic *koža.
Noun
coajă f
Romanian
Alternative forms
- coaje (dated), cójă (obsolete)
Etymology
Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic кожа (koža), or from a (South) Slavic koža, from Proto-Slavic *koža. Compare Serbo-Croatian ко̏жа, Bulgarian кожа (koža). Compare also Aromanian coaji.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈko̯a.ʒə/
Audio: (file)
Noun
coajă f (plural coji)
- layer; peel (of fruit), rind, crust (of bread), shell (of nuts), or bark (of trees)
- coajă de banană ― banana peel
Declension
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | ||
| nominative-accusative | coajă | coaja | coji | cojile | |
| genitive-dative | coji | cojii | coji | cojilor | |
| vocative | coajă, coajo | cojilor | |||
Synonyms
Further reading
- “coajă”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2025