iepurar

Romanian

Alternative forms

• епурар (epurar /⁠iepurar⁠/) — post-1930s Cyrillic spelling

Etymology

From iepure (“rabbit, hare”) +‎ -ar or possibly directly from Latin leporārius, from lepus (“hare”). The literal meaning is thus “something that has to do with rabbits/hares”, i.e. hunts them. Doublet of levrier (“greyhound”). Compare Aromanian iupurar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /je.puˈrar/
• Rhymes: -ar
• Hyphenation: ie‧pu‧rar

Noun

iepurar m (plural iepurari)

1. golden eagle (Aquila chrysaetos)

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	iepurar	iepurarul		iepurari	iepurarii
genitive-dative	iepurar	iepurarului		iepurari	iepurarilor
vocative	iepurarule			iepurarilor

Further reading

• “iepurar”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2025