coajă

See also: coaja, Coaja, and Coajă

Megleno-Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic кожа (koža), or from a (South) Slavic koža, from Proto-Slavic *koža.

Noun

coajă f

1. skin

Romanian

Alternative forms

• coaje — dated

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic кожа (koža), or from a (South) Slavic koža, from Proto-Slavic *koža. Compare Serbo-Croatian ко̏жа, Bulgarian кожа (koža). Compare also Aromanian coaji.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈko̯a.ʒə/

• Audio:

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Noun

coajă f (plural coji)

1. peel (of fruit), rind, crust (of bread), shell (of nuts), bark (of trees)

Declension

Declension of coajă

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(o) coajă	coaja	(niște) coji	cojile
genitive/dative	(unei) coji	cojii	(unor) coji	cojilor
vocative	coajă, coajo		cojilor

Synonyms

• (crust): crustă
• (bark): scoarță

Further reading

• coajă in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)