abraș
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish ابراش (abraş). Compare Albanian abrash, Bulgarian абра́ш (abráš).
Adjective
abraș m or n (feminine singular abrașă, masculine plural abrași, feminine and neuter plural abrașe) (colloquial)
- blond (of a person)
- having a white spot, especially under the tail (of horses)
- bad, violent, evil
- wild, hard to tame (of a horse)
- unsuccessful (of an action)
Declension
| singular | plural | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | |||
| nominative- accusative |
indefinite | abraș | abrașă | abrași | abrașe | |||
| definite | abrașul | abrașa | abrașii | abrașele | ||||
| genitive- dative |
indefinite | abraș | abrașe | abrași | abrașe | |||
| definite | abrașului | abrașei | abrașilor | abrașelor | ||||
Further reading
- “abraș”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2025