gheară

Romanian edit

Alternative forms edit

ghiară

Etymology edit

From *glara, possibly from German Kralle, following metathesis, or alternatively possibly a substratum word; another theory is that it perhaps derives from a hypothetical intermediate *înghiare, from a Vulgar Latin root *unglaris < *ungularis, from Latin ungula.^[1]

Noun edit

gheară f (plural gheare)

claw

Declension edit

Declension of gheară

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(o) gheară	gheara	(niște) gheare	ghearele
genitive/dative	(unei) gheare	ghearei	(unor) gheare	ghearelor
vocative	gheară, ghearo		ghearelor

References edit

^ gheară in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

[1] ră in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

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