coajă

See also: coaja, Coaja, and Coajă

Megleno-Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic кожа (koža), or from a (South) Slavic koža, from Proto-Slavic *koža.

Noun

coajă f

1. skin

Romanian

Alternative forms

• coaje — dated

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic кожа (koža), or from a (South) Slavic koža, from Proto-Slavic *koža. Compare Serbo-Croatian ко̏жа, Bulgarian кожа (koža). Compare also Aromanian coaji.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈko̯a.ʒə/

• Audio:

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Noun

coajă f (plural coji)

1. peel (of fruit), rind, crust (of bread), shell (of nuts), bark (of trees)

Declension

	singular			plural
	+ indefinite article	+ definite article		+ indefinite article	+ definite article
nominative/accusative	(o) coajă	coaja		(niște) coji	cojile
genitive/dative	(unei) coji	cojii		(unor) coji	cojilor
vocative	coajă, coajo			cojilor

Synonyms

• (crust): crustă
• (bark): scoarță

Further reading

• coajă in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)