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pușcă
gun (rifle or shotgun) /ˈpuʃkə/
noun#2759 most common
Also: firearm, musket
Example sentences
Vânătorul are o pușcă.
The hunter has a gun.
Pușca este veche.
The gun is old.
A cumpărat o pușcă de vânătoare.
He bought a hunting rifle.
Praf de pușcă s-a împrăștiat pe podea.
Gunpowder scattered across the floor.
Soldații și-au curățat puștile înainte de inspecție.
The soldiers cleaned their rifles before the inspection.
Bunicul povestea cum își ascunsese pușca sub podea în timpul războiului.
Grandfather used to tell how he had hidden his rifle under the floorboards during the war.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | pușcă | puști |
| Genitive | puști | puștilor |
| Accusative | pușcă | puști |
| Vocative | pușco | puștilor |
Word family
a pușcato shoot (colloquial/regional)
pușcașrifleman, marksman
pușcărieprison (colloquial)pușcatcolloquial: smitten, infatuated
Etymology
Pușcă entered Romanian from a Slavic source, related to Old Church Slavonic and later Slavic forms meaning gun or cannon. The word spread across Slavic and neighboring languages alongside the firearm itself, arriving in Romanian territory through contact with Slavic-speaking populations. Its original sense in some Slavic languages was broader, covering tubes or containers, before narrowing to the weapon.
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