gâscă
Romanian
Alternative forms
- гыскэ (gîscă) — post-1930s Cyrillic spelling
Etymology
Borrowed from Bulgarian гъска (gǎska), from Proto-Slavic *gǫ̑sь, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰh₂éns.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɡɨs.kə/
Audio: (file) Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -ɨskə
- Hyphenation: gâs‧că
Noun
gâscă f (plural gâște, masculine equivalent gâscan or gânsac)
- goose (a grazing waterfowl of the family Anatidae)
- (specifically) female goose
- (figurative, derogatory) goose (stupid person, especially a woman)
Declension
singular | plural | ||||
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indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | ||
nominative-accusative | gâscă | gâsca | gâște | gâștele | |
genitive-dative | gâște | gâștei | gâște | gâștelor | |
vocative | gâscă, gâsco | gâștelor |
References
- “gâscă”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2025