flăcău
Romanian
Etymology
Possibly from făt through a form *fătlău, or from Old Church Slavonic хлакъ (xlakŭ, “unmarried”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fləˈkəw/
Noun
flăcău m (plural flăcăi)
- lad, youth
- Synonyms: tânăr, june
- bachelor, single or unmarried man
- Synonym: burlac
Declension
Declension of flăcău
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
| nominative/accusative | (un) flăcău | flăcăul | (niște) flăcăi | flăcăii |
| genitive/dative | (unui) flăcău | flăcăului | (unor) flăcăi | flăcăilor |
| vocative | flăcăule | flăcăilor | ||
Derived terms
- flăcăuș
Further reading
- flăcău in DEX online - Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)