"pui" meaning in Romanian

See pui in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /puj/
Rhymes: -uj Etymology: Inherited from Latin pullus, probably through a Vulgar Latin root *pulleus, or alternatively formed from the plural of an original Romanian form *pul. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *polH- (“animal young”). Compare Spanish pollo and Italian pollo. Etymology templates: {{yesno||i|I}} I, {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|ro|la|pullus|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Latin pullus, {{inh+|ro|la|pullus}} Inherited from Latin pullus, {{inh|ro|la-vul|-}} Vulgar Latin, {{der|ro|ine-pro|*polH-||animal young}} Proto-Indo-European *polH- (“animal young”), {{cog|es|pollo}} Spanish pollo, {{cog|it|pollo}} Italian pollo Head templates: {{ro-noun|m|pui}} pui m (plural pui) Inflection templates: {{ro-decl-noun|gpd=puilor|gpi=pui|gsd=puiului|gsi=pui|n=|npd=puii|npi=pui|nsd=puiul|nsi=pui|vp=puilor|vs=puiule|vs2=}} Forms: pui [plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], pui [accusative, indefinite, nominative, singular], puiul [accusative, definite, nominative, singular], pui [accusative, indefinite, nominative, plural], puii [accusative, definite, nominative, plural], pui [dative, genitive, indefinite, singular], puiului [dative, definite, genitive, singular], pui [dative, genitive, indefinite, plural], puilor [dative, definite, genitive, plural], puiule [singular, vocative], puilor [plural, vocative], пуй [alternative]
  1. chicken Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-pui-ro-noun-gR64G50R Categories (other): Chickens Disambiguation of Chickens: 69 3 10 3 15
  2. chick Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-pui-ro-noun-~OHmRJss Categories (other): Baby animals Disambiguation of Baby animals: 2 39 37 2 20
  3. cub, youngling, nestling, whelp, young of an animal, or less commonly of people Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-pui-ro-noun-X2SZ522b Categories (other): Baby animals Disambiguation of Baby animals: 2 39 37 2 20
  4. darling, dear Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-pui-ro-noun-Rg~8WGNh
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: puia, puiandru, puică, puiet, puișor Related terms: pulă, copil
Etymology number: 1

Verb

IPA: /puj/ Forms: пуй [alternative]
Rhymes: -uj Head templates: {{head|ro|verb form}} pui
  1. second-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of pune Tags: form-of, indicative, present, second-person, singular, subjunctive Form of: pune
    Sense id: en-pui-ro-verb-kybtDW6x Categories (other): Romanian entries with incorrect language header, Baby animals, Meats Disambiguation of Romanian entries with incorrect language header: 2 2 29 2 65 Disambiguation of Baby animals: 2 39 37 2 20 Disambiguation of Meats: 5 5 20 5 65
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "pune#Romanian"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "form-of",
        "indicative",
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/puj/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-uj"
    }
  ],
  "word": "pui"
}

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