Borrowed from Russian коляска (koljaska), diminutive of колесо (koleso), from Old East Slavic колеса (kolesa), plural of коло (kolo), from Proto-Slavic *kolo (“wheel”), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷekʷlom (“circle”), *kʷékʷlos (“circle”). Cognates include English calèche, French calèche, Polish kołasa, Persian کالسکه.
caleașcă f (plural calești)
singular | plural | ||||
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indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | ||
nominative-accusative | caleașcă | caleașca | calești | caleștile | |
genitive-dative | calești | caleștii | calești | caleștilor | |
vocative | caleașcă, caleașco | caleștilor |