măgar

See also: magar, Magar, and mågar

Romanian

Etymology

Probably from Latin onāgrārius (from onager) through a Vulgar Latin root *onagarius, which resulted in a hypothetical *unăgariu in early Romanian, leading to un *năgar and ultimately its current state (compare French onagrier).[1]

If not, it might be a substratum word akin to or borrowed from Albanian magar, but this is less likely.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /məˈɡar/

Noun

măgar m (plural măgari, feminine equivalent măgăriță)

  1. donkey, ass
    Synonym: asin
  2. jackass, jerk

Declension

Declension of măgar
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative măgar măgarul măgari măgarii
genitive-dative măgar măgarului măgari măgarilor
vocative măgarule măgarilor

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Romanian Explanatory Dictionary

Further reading

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