prepeliță

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Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Serbo-Croatian prepelica or Bulgarian препелица (prepelica), from Proto-Slavic *perpelъ.[1]

Noun

prepeliță f (plural prepelițe)

  1. quail

Declension

singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative prepeliță prepelița prepelițe prepelițele
genitive-dative prepelițe prepeliței prepelițe prepelițelor
vocative prepeliță, prepelițo prepelițelor

References

  1. ^ Paliga, Sorin (2024) An Etymological Dictionary of the Romanian Language, New York: Peter Lang, →ISBN, page 418