lostriță

Romanian

Alternative forms
  • lostică, lostiță, lostocă, lostosă, lostoste, lostotă, lostoță, lostov, lostreță, lostrut, lostruță, lostucă, lostuță, loșniță

Etymology

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

Noun

lostriță f (plural lostrițe)

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

Declension
Declension of lostriță
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (o) lostriță lostrița (niște) lostrițe lostrițele
genitive/dative (unei) lostrițe lostriței (unor) lostrițe lostrițelor
vocative lostriță, lostrițo lostrițelor

Descendants
  • → Armenian: լոսդի (losdi) (probably)

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

Further reading
  • 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)
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