pușcă

See also: pusca, puscã, Pušća, and pușca

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Hungarian puska or Polish puszka, both being derived from Czech puška, inevitably from Old High German būhse, from Latin pyxis, from Ancient Greek πυξίς (puxís).

Compare Serbo-Croatian puška, Czech and Slovak puška, Russian пушка (puška), Albanian pushkë

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpuʃkə/

Noun

pușcă f (plural puști)

  1. rifle, gun

Declension

Declension of pușcă
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative pușcă pușca puști puștile
genitive-dative puști puștii puști puștilor
vocative pușcă, pușco puștilor