stârc
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic стрькъ (strĭkŭ), from Proto-Slavic *stьrkъ. Compare Serbo-Croatian štȓk, Macedonian штрк (štrk), Bulgarian щъ́ркел (štǎ́rkel), Aromanian stircu, also Albanian shtërg.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /stɨrk/
Noun
stârc m (plural stârci)
- heron (bird)
Declension
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | ||
| nominative-accusative | stârc | stârcul | stârci | stârcii | |
| genitive-dative | stârc | stârcului | stârci | stârcilor | |
| vocative | stârcule | stârcilor | |||
Further reading
- “stârc”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2025