caleașcă

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian коляска (koljaska), diminutive of колесо (koleso), from Old East Slavic колеса (kolesa), plural of коло (kolo), from Proto-Slavic *kolo (“wheel”), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷekʷlom (“circle”), *kʷékʷlos (“circle”). Cognates include English calèche, French calèche, Polish kołasa, Persian کالسکه.

Noun

caleașcă f (plural calești)

  1. (historical) calèche, carriage
    Synonyms: trăsură, birjă, șaretă

Declension

Declension of caleașcă
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative caleașcă caleașca calești caleștile
genitive-dative calești caleștii calești caleștilor
vocative caleașcă, caleașco caleștilor
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