descăleca

Romanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *discaballicāre, from dis- +‎ Late Latin caballicāre, from Latin caballus (“horse”). Compare Aromanian discalic, discãlicari or Albanian shkalkoj. Sense 2 may have been influenced by a migratory or nomadic Central Asian people that entered lands occupied by Romanians, as a similar meaning of choosing a place to set up and live temporarily exists in some Turanian cultures for the term “dismount”.

Verb

a descăleca (third-person singular present descalecă, past participle descălecat, third-person subjunctive descalece) 1st conjugation

  1. (intransitive) to get off a horse, dismount, alight
    Antonym: încăleca
  2. (transitive, historical) to establish a new settlement
    Synonym: întemeia
  3. (intransitive, obsolete) to settle
    Synonym: se stabili

Conjugation

    conjugation of descăleca (first conjugation, no infix)
infinitive a descăleca
gerund descălecând
past participle descălecat
number singular plural
person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
indicative eu tu el/ea noi voi ei/ele
present descalec descaleci descalecă descălecăm descălecați descalecă
imperfect descălecam descălecai descăleca descălecam descălecați descălecau
simple perfect descălecai descălecași descălecă descălecarăm descălecarăți descălecară
pluperfect descălecasem descălecaseși descălecase descălecaserăm descălecaserăți descălecaseră
subjunctive eu tu el/ea noi voi ei/ele
present să descalec să descaleci să descalece să descălecăm să descălecați să descalece
imperative — tu — — voi —
affirmative descalecă descălecați
negative nu descăleca nu descălecați

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