toartă

See also: toarta and Toartă

Romanian

Etymology

Inherited from Latin torta, feminine of tortus, perfect passive participle of torqueō. Or from the feminine of Romanian tort as the past participle of toarce, as early handles may have been made from twisted string, fiber, or rope. Compare Calabrian torta ("thread used to connect the yoke and the main shaft of a plow"), Sicilian torta (“beating”).

Noun

toartă f (plural toarte)

  1. handle
  2. hook
    Synonym: cârlig

Declension
Declension of toartă
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (o) toartă toarta (niște) toarte toartele
genitive/dative (unei) toarte toartei (unor) toarte toartelor
vocative toartă, toarto toartelor
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