Romanian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Probably of Slavic origin – compare the descendants of Proto-Slavic *lososь – but the derivation is not clear.[1]

Noun

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lostriță f (plural lostrițe)

  1. huchen, Danube salmon, Hucho hucho
    Synonyms: lostocuță, puică

Declension

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Descendants

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  • Armenian: լոսդի (losdi) (probably)

References

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  1. ^ lostriță in Alexandru Ciorănescu, Dicționarul etimologic român, Tenerife: Universidad de la Laguna, 1958–66.

Further reading

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  •   lostriță on the Romanian Wikipedia.Wikipedia ro
  • Lindberg, G. U., Gerd, A. S. (1972) Slovarʹ nazvanij presnovodnyx ryb SSSR na jazykax narodov SSSR i jevropejskix stran na jazykax narodov SSSR i jevropejskix stran [Dictionary of the names of freshwater fish of the USSR on the languages of the peoples of the USSR and European countries] (in Russian), Leningrad: Nauka, § 4.3.1, page 94
  • lostriță in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)