bobotează

Romanian

Etymology

Uncertain. Theories include:

  1. apă +‎ botează, calqued on a Slavic form such as Ukrainian Водохреще (Vodoxrešče, “water baptism”), Macedonian Водици (Vodici, “water day”).
  2. < Proto-Slavic *bogъ (“God”) + botează.
  3. an expressive formation from botez (“baptism”) + -ează.

Noun

bobotează f (uncountable)

  1. Epiphany

Declension

singular only indefinite definite
nominative-accusative bobotează boboteaza
genitive-dative boboteaze boboteazei
vocative bobotează, boboteazo
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