lișiță

Romanian

Etymology

Possibly from Bulgarian лиска (liska) or Ukrainian лyсуkха (lysukxa), or alternatively from leașiță, from leah, an old word for Pole (compare Russian лях (ljax), Turkish Leh). Cf. the alternative name rață leșească (“Polish duck”).

Noun

lișiță f (plural lișițe)

  1. (birds) coot
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