falcă

See also: falca and falcã

Megleno-Romanian

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *falca, or from Latin falcem.

Noun

falcă f

1. jaw

References

• Atasanov, Petar (1990) Le mégléno-roumain de nos jours: Une approche linguistique, Hamburg: Buske

Romanian

Etymology

Back-formation from fălci (plural), from Latin falx, falcem (“sickle”), or through a Vulgar Latin form *falca; compare Aromanian falcã; change in meaning, due to the shape of the mandible, also in Albanian felqinë (“jaw”). Compare also the semantic development of Sardinian cavanu (“jaw”) and cavana (“sickle”). Latin maxilla (“jaw”) gave Romanian măsea (“molar”). Cf. also the original single form falce, now a regional term and with a different meaning.

Noun

falcă f (plural fălci)

1. jaw

Declension

Declension of falcă

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	falcă	falca		fălci	fălcile
genitive-dative	fălci	fălcii		fălci	fălcilor
vocative	falcă, falco			fălcilor

Derived terms

• fălcos

Related terms

• falce