searbăd

Romanian

Alternative forms

• sarbăd, sarbed, searbed

Etymology

Uncertain. Possibly a substratum connection with Albanian tharbët (“sour, acrid”) or derived from Albanian. Nevertheless, the final voiceless dental plosive [t] is usually retained in derivations from Albanian just like in Romanian sat, from Old Romanian fsat, most likely from Albanian fshat. The result in final [d] may be explained by an analogy to the non-productive adjectival suffix -ed, from Latin -idus, -idum, as in Romanian fraged.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈse̯ar.bəd/

Adjective

searbăd m or n (feminine singular searbădă, masculine plural serbezi, feminine and neuter plural serbede)

1. tasteless, flat, insipid, dull, tame

Declension

Declension of searbăd

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	searbăd		searbădă	serbezi	serbede
	definite	searbădul		searbăda	serbezii	serbedele
genitive/ dative	indefinite	searbăd		serbede	serbezi	serbede
	definite	searbădului		serbedei	serbezilor	serbedelor

Synonyms

• fad, insipid