cătușă

Romanian

Etymology

From the now lost hypothetical Romanian word *cată or *cat (from Late Latin catta (“cat”) / cattus) + the Romanian diminutive suffix -ușă. Was once attested in an old gloss as having the meaning of "cat" (pisică in Romanian), and this is also preserved in some place names such as Dealul-Cătușii, Cătușa, and Cătească. Compare Aromanian cãtushi, which preserved the original sense. [1]

Noun

cătușă f (plural cătușe)

  1. (usually used as plural) handcuff, manacle
  2. (obsolete) cat

Declension
declension of cătușă
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (o) cătușă cătușa (niște) cătușe cătușele
genitive/dative (unei) cătușe cătușei (unor) cătușe cătușelor
vocative cătușă, cătușo cătușelor

Derived terms
  • încătușa

References
  1. cătușă in DEX online - Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)
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