desculț
Romanian
Alternative forms
- дескулц (desculț) — post-1930s Cyrillic spelling
Etymology
From a Vulgar Latin root *disculceus, itself either from a shortening of Late Latin disculceātus, disculciātus, or from *discalceus (from Latin dis- + calceus), and influenced by the -u- in disculciō; alternatively from a variant of Romanian descălța. Compare Aromanian discultsu, Friulian discolç, Venetan descolz, Sardinian iscultzu; compare also Spanish descalzo, Portuguese descalço, Catalan descalç, French déchaux, Italian scalzo, from related roots *discalceus or *excalceus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /desˈkult͡s/
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -ult͡s
- Hyphenation: des‧culț
Adjective
desculț m or n (feminine singular desculță, masculine plural desculți, feminine and neuter plural desculțe)
Declension
| singular | plural | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | |||
| nominative- accusative |
indefinite | desculț | desculță | desculți | desculțe | |||
| definite | desculțul | desculța | desculții | desculțele | ||||
| genitive- dative |
indefinite | desculț | desculțe | desculți | desculțe | |||
| definite | desculțului | desculței | desculților | desculțelor | ||||
Related terms
Further reading
- “desculț”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2025