gâlt

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic *глътъ (*glŭtŭ) (hence Bulgarian гълтам (gǎltam, “to swallow”)), from Proto-Slavic *gъltъ, related to *glъtati (“to swallow, devour”). Compare also gât.

Noun

gâlt n (plural gâlturi)

1. (obsolete) throat

   Synonym: gât

Declension

Declension of gâlt

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) gâlt	gâltul	(niște) gâlturi	gâlturile
genitive/dative	(unui) gâlt	gâltului	(unor) gâlturi	gâlturilor
vocative	gâltule		gâlturilor

References

• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “гълтам”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 301