desculț

Romanian

Etymology

From a Vulgar Latin root *disculceus, itself either from a shortening of Late Latin disculceātus, disculciātus, or from *discalceus (from Latin dis- + calceus), and influenced by the -u- in disculciō; alternatively from a variant of Romanian descălța. Compare Aromanian discultsu, Friulian discolç, Venetian descolz, Sardinian iscultzu; compare also Spanish descalzo, Portuguese descalço, Catalan descalç, French déchaux, Italian scalzo, from related roots *discalceus or *excalceus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /desˈkult͡s/
  • (file)

Adjective

desculț m or n (feminine singular desculță, masculine plural desculți, feminine and neuter plural desculțe)

  1. barefoot

Declension

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