toartă

See also: toarta and Toartă

Romanian

Etymology

Inherited from Latin torta, feminine of tortus, perfect passive participle of torqueō. Or from the feminine of Romanian tort as the past participle of toarce, as early handles may have been made from twisted string, fiber, or rope. Compare Calabrian torta ("thread used to connect the yoke and the main shaft of a plow"), Sicilian torta (“beating”).

Noun

toartă f (plural toarte)

  1. handle
  2. hook
    Synonym: cârlig

Declension

Declension of toartă
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative toartă toarta toarte toartele
genitive-dative toarte toartei toarte toartelor
vocative toartă, toarto toartelor
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