porfiră

Romanian

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *bʰer-

Proto-Indo-European *bʰrewh₁-der.

Ancient Greek πορφύρω (porphúrō)?

Ancient Greek πορφύρα (porphúra)lbor.

Greek πορφύρα (porfýra)bor.

Romanian porfiră

Borrowed from Greek πορφύρα (porfýra). Doublet of purpură.

Noun

porfiră f (plural porfire)

1. porphyry

Declension

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	porfiră	porfira	porfire	porfirele
genitive-dative	porfire	porfirei	porfire	porfirelor
vocative	porfiră, porfiro		porfirelor