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Romanian
Etymology 1
From a lost word inherited from Latin porca (“balk”) + -oi.
Noun
porcoi n (plural porcoaie)
- haystack or haybale
- (by extension) a heap, pile, bunch, abundance
- Synonyms: grămadă, morman
- 1928, Panait Istrati, Ciulinii Bărăganului:
La un moment dat, îi vezi încâlcindu-se, formând mari purcoaie ce se rostogolesc cu greu, până ce crivățul se repede o dată cu furca lui, îi spulberă în văzduh, îi face să joace o horă îndrăcită și apoi iar îi împinge înainte.- At a point, you see the tumbleweeds tangling together, forming great heaps which roll with difficulty, until the north wind rushes in with its pitchfork, breaks them up in the sky, makes them dance a devilish hora and then pushes them forward yet again.
- (Oltenia) a sort of great, dense grape
- hilling (soil covering the base of cultivated plants)
- Synonym: mușuroire
- (Banat, Muntenia) an improvised straw structure in which workers take shelter during mowing
Declension
Etymology 2
From porc + -oi, an origin mistakenly attributed to the first sense as well.
Noun
porcoi m (plural porcoi)
- Augmentative of porc (“pig”)
- Synonym: porcan
- Gobio gobio (gudgeon)
- Synonym: porcușor
Declension
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