coșciug

Romanian

Alternative forms

  • coștiug, costiug

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic ковьчегъ (kovĭčegŭ), from Proto-Slavic *kovъčegъ, from Middle Mongol ᠬᠠᠭᠤᠷᠴᠠᠭ (qaɣurčag) presumably through a Turkic language. Compare Mongolian хуурцаг (xuurcag), Bulgarian ковчег (kovčeg), Serbo-Croatian kovčeg.

Noun

coșciug n (plural coșciuge)

  1. coffin
    Synonym: sicriu

Declension

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