prunc

Romanian

Etymology

Either a substratum word, or Vulgar Latin *puerunculus (probably reduced to *pueruncus), a diminutive from Classical Latin puer. Alternatively from Slavic *prǫtče ‎(“small rod”) (compare Bulgarian пръчка (prăčka), Serbo-Croatian prùtić), diminutive of Proto-Slavic *prǫtъ (“rod, withe, switch”) (compare Serbo-Croatian prȗt, Bulgarian прът (prǎt)). In this case the original form in Romanian would have been prunci, later interpreted as a plural from which a singular was analogically formed.

Noun

prunc m (plural prunci)

infant; newborn; baby

Declension

declension of prunc

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) prunc	pruncul	(niște) prunci	pruncii
genitive/dative	(unui) prunc	pruncului	(unor) prunci	pruncilor
vocative	pruncule		pruncilor

Synonyms

bebe, copilaș

Derived terms

pruncie

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