ciuc

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Romanian

Alternative forms

cic — uncommon, regional
ciucă — regional

Etymology

Unknown. Usually considered to be derived from a Paleo-Balkan language or Paleo-Carpathian language, e.g., a substrate word. See Proto-Slavic *čuka. Cognates include Albanian çukë and Serbo-Croatian čuka.

Noun

ciuc n (plural ciucuri)

(regional) pick, pickaxe
Synonyms: târnăcop, cioacă
(regional) mattock
(regional) tip
(regional) top
(regional) tuft of hair
(regional) hilltop, hill
(regional) mountain top, mountain peak

Declension

	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
	singular		plural
nominative-accusative	ciuc	ciucul	ciucuri	ciucurile
genitive-dative	ciuc	ciucului	ciucuri	ciucurilor
vocative	ciucule		ciucurilor

References

ciuc in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)