tovarăș
Romanian
editAlternative forms
edit- (abbreviation used during Romania's communist era): tov.
Etymology
editBorrowed from Ukrainian товариш (tovaryš), from Proto-Slavic *tovariščь; compare Russian това́рищ (továrišč), Serbo-Croatian товариш, Polish towarzysz, Finnish toveri. Meaning of "fellow socialist" borrowed from Russian това́рищ (továrišč).
Pronunciation
editNoun
edittovarăș m (plural tovarăși, feminine equivalent tovarășă)
- comrade
- Synonym: camarad
- (colloquial) friend
Declension
editsingular | plural | ||||
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indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | ||
nominative-accusative | tovarăș | tovarășul | tovarăși | tovarășii | |
genitive-dative | tovarăș | tovarășului | tovarăși | tovarășilor | |
vocative | tovarășule | tovarășilor |
Derived terms
editsimple terms
compounds and phrases