prunc
Romanian
Etymology
Either a substratum word, or Vulgar Latin *puerunculus (probably reduced to *pueruncus), a diminutive from Classical Latin puer. Alternatively from Slavic *prǫtče (“small rod”) (compare Bulgarian пръчка (prăčka), Serbo-Croatian prùtić), diminutive of Proto-Slavic *prǫtъ (“rod, withe, switch”) (compare Serbo-Croatian prȗt, Bulgarian прът (prǎt)). In this case the original form in Romanian would have been prunci, later interpreted as a plural from which a singular was analogically formed.
Noun
prunc m (plural prunci)
- infant; newborn; baby
Declension
declension of prunc
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
| nominative/accusative | (un) prunc | pruncul | (niște) prunci | pruncii |
| genitive/dative | (unui) prunc | pruncului | (unor) prunci | pruncilor |
| vocative | pruncule | pruncilor | ||
Synonyms
- bebe, copilaș
Derived terms
- pruncie