buștean

Romanian

Alternative forms

• buștihan (regional, Moldova)

Etymology

Unknown. One theory links it to Transylvanian Saxon Bumstam, equivalent to German Baumstamm. However, while this makes sense for the most common meaning, it doesn't account for the older and rarer meanings or for the Aromanian cognate bushtinã (“soot”), and also the related or derived terms in Romanian, buștenit (“blackened”), buștină (“fog, darkness”), and the regional buștușag (“fire, conflagration, devastation, desolation”), now archaic. These terms all seem to be linked to a derivation of Latin būstum (“place for burning funeral pyres, tomb”), possibly also originally meaning "burnt" (compare combūstus).

Pronunciation

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Noun

buștean m (plural bușteni)

1. log (trunk of a tree cleared of branches)
2. stock (tree)
3. stump
4. (rare) burnt wood

Declension

Declension of buștean

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) buștean	bușteanul	(niște) bușteni	buștenii
genitive/dative	(unui) buștean	bușteanului	(unor) bușteni	buștenilor
vocative	bușteanule		buștenilor

Synonyms

• (log): butuc

See also

• buturugă
• trunchi