carboavă

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Etymology

Borrowed from Russian карбованець (karbovanecʹ), from Polish karbowaniec, from karbowany pieniądz (“coin with notches on the edge”), from karbować (“to notch, crimp”), from the Middle High German kerben (“to notch”), from Proto-Germanic *kerban-, from Proto-Indo-European *gerbʰ- (“to scratch”).

Noun

carboavă f (plural carboave)

  1. (historical) one ruble silver coin

Declension

singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative carboavă carboava carboave carboavele
genitive-dative carboave carboavei carboave carboavelor
vocative carboavă, carboavo carboavelor
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