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 .

Noun

caleașcă f (plural calești)

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

Declension

Declension of caleașcă

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(o) caleașcă	caleașca	(niște) calești	caleștile
genitive/dative	(unei) calești	caleștii	(unor) calești	caleștilor
vocative	caleașcă, caleașco		caleștilor

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