scârbă

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic скръбь (skrŭbĭ, “grief, sorrow”), from Proto-Slavic *skъrbь.

Pronunciation

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Noun

scârbă f (plural scârbe)

1. disgust, repugnance, aversion, nausea
2. (familiar) epithet for a bad, dirty or disgusting person; git, bad egg

Declension

Declension of scârbă

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(o) scârbă	scârba	(niște) scârbe	scârbele
genitive/dative	(unei) scârbe	scârbei	(unor) scârbe	scârbelor
vocative	scârbă, scârbo		scârbelor

Synonyms

• (disgust): dezgust
• (nausea): greață

Derived terms

• scârbos