porcoi
See also: por coi
Romanian
editAlternative forms
editEtymology 1
editFrom a lost word inherited from Latin porca (“balk”) + -oi.
Noun
editporcoi n (plural porcoaie)
- haystack or haybale
- (by extension) a heap, pile, bunch, abundance
- 1928, Panait Istrati, Ciulinii Bărăganului:
- La un moment dat, îi vezi încâlcindu-se, formând mari purcoaie ce se rostogolesc cu greu, până ce crivățul se repede o dată cu furca lui, îi spulberă în văzduh, îi face să joace o horă îndrăcită și apoi iar îi împinge înainte.
- At a point, you see the tumbleweeds tangling together, forming great heaps which roll with difficulty, until the north wind rushes in with its pitchfork, breaks them up in the sky, makes them dance a devilish hora and then pushes them forward yet again.
- 1928, Panait Istrati, Ciulinii Bărăganului:
- (Banat, Muntenia) an improvised straw structure in which workers take shelter during mowing
- (by extension) a heap, pile, bunch, abundance
Declension
editDeclension of porcoi
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) porcoi | porcoiul | (niște) porcoaie | porcoaiele |
genitive/dative | (unui) porcoi | porcoiului | (unor) porcoaie | porcoaielor |
vocative | porcoiule | porcoaielor |
Etymology 2
editFrom porc + -oi, an origin mistakenly attributed to the first sense as well.
Noun
editporcoi m (plural porcoi)
- Augmentative of porc (“pig”)
- Synonym: porcan
- Gobio gobio (gudgeon)
- Synonym: porcușor
Declension
editDeclension of porcoi
References
edit- porcoi in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)
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- Romanian terms inherited from Latin
- Romanian terms derived from Latin
- Romanian terms suffixed with -oi
- Romanian lemmas
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- Romanian countable nouns
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- Oltenian Romanian
- Banat Romanian
- Muntenian Romanian
- Romanian masculine nouns
- Romanian augmentative nouns