bufniță

Romanian

Etymology

Diminutive of less common bufnă (“owl”) +‎ -iță, from dialectal buf, bufă, from Vulgar Latin root *būfus ("owl"). Compare Albanian buf, Spanish búho.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈbuf.ni.t͡sə/

Noun

bufniță f (plural bufnițe)

owl (any bird of the order Strigiformes)
(familiar) a shrewish woman, harpy

Declension

declension of bufniță

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(o) bufniță	bufnița	(niște) bufnițe	bufnițele
genitive/dative	(unei) bufnițe	bufniței	(unor) bufnițe	bufnițelor
vocative	bufniță, bufnițo		bufnițelor

Synonyms

(bird): buhă (Bubo bubo)

Derived terms

bufniță-de-hambar
bufniță polară
papagal-bufniță

Related terms

References

bufniță in DEX online - Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

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