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Romanian
- познэ (poznă) — post 1930s (Moldovan) Cyrillic spelling
Etymology
Unknown. Probably borrowed from German Possen (“practical joke”).
Noun
poznă f (plural pozne)
- (comedy) prank, practical joke
- mischief
- (archaic) damage, harm
- circa 1734-1744, Ion Neculce, Letopisețul Țării Moldovei de la Dabija Vodă până la a doua domnie a lui Constantin Mavrocordat (transliteration from Cyrillic):
Trecând la Hotin și alțâi în gios de la Tighine și di la Hotin, mare stricăciune și pozne făce oamenilor pre unde loviè.- Going to Hotin, and others down from Tighina and from Hotin, did great distruction and damage to people wherever he struck.
Declension