bârlog
Romanian
Alternative forms
- bîrlog — 1953–1993 spelling
Etymology
Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic бърлогъ (bŭrlogŭ), from Proto-Slavic *bьrlogъ, *bьrloga. Compare Bulgarian бърлога (bǎrloga), Serbo-Croatian brlog (“den, lair”).(Can this(+) etymology be sourced? Particularly: “bârlog”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bɨrˈloɡ/
Noun
bârlog n (plural bârloguri)
Declension
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | ||
| nominative-accusative | bârlog | bârlogul | bârloguri | bârlogurile | |
| genitive-dative | bârlog | bârlogului | bârloguri | bârlogurilor | |
| vocative | bârlogule | bârlogurilor | |||
Further reading
- “bârlog”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2025