gălbează
Romanian[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Unknown. Often considered either a substratum term or derived from Albanian këlbazë, gëlbazë. Another theory suggests the Albanian may instead be a borrowing from a local Romanian or Eastern Romance language (compare Aromanian gãlbadzã), and that the word derives ultimately from a Vulgar Latin clavella, through metathesis reaching a form *calvella, in turning giving early Romanian *călbea, to which the suffix -ză was later added (cf. this suffix in cinteză, pupăză, spetează, sfârlează). Compare French clavelée (“sheep pox, malady, disease affecting ovines”), claveau (“virus causing sheep pox”), Italian chiavello, chiavella, from a Latin *clavellus, from clavus. For the meaning referring to the plant, it may indicate its use as a form of traditional medicine in liver illnesses.[1]
Noun[edit]
gălbează f (plural gălbeze)
- a disease of the liver affecting sheep (ovines) and bovines
- the parasite responsible for the aforementioned disease
- any of several species of parasitic plants in the genus Cuscuta, notably dodder and hellweed (Cuscuta epithymum)
Declension[edit]
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
| nominative/accusative | (o) gălbează | gălbeaza | (niște) gălbeze | gălbezele |
| genitive/dative | (unei) gălbeze | gălbezei | (unor) gălbeze | gălbezelor |
| vocative | gălbează, gălbeazo | gălbezelor | ||
References[edit]
- ^ gălbează in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)