poznă

See also: pozna, Poznă, pózna, późna, and późną

Romanian

Alternative forms
  • познэ (poznă) — post 1930s (Moldovan) Cyrillic spelling

Etymology

Unknown. Probably borrowed from German Possen (“practical joke”).

Noun

poznă f (plural pozne)

  1. (comedy) prank, practical joke
  2. mischief
  3. (archaic) damage, harm
    • circa 1734-1744, Ion Neculce, Letopisețul Țării Moldovei de la Dabija Vodă până la a doua domnie a lui Constantin Mavrocordat (transliteration from Cyrillic):
      Trecând la Hotin și alțâi în gios de la Tighine și di la Hotin, mare stricăciune și pozne făce oamenilor pre unde loviè.
      Going to Hotin, and others down from Tighina and from Hotin, did great distruction and damage to people wherever he struck.

Declension
Declension of poznă
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (o) poznă pozna (niște) pozne poznele
genitive/dative (unei) pozne poznei (unor) pozne poznelor
vocative poznă, pozno poznelor
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