sterp

Romanian

Etymology

From Byzantine Greek στέριφος (stériphos), borrowed from (deprecated template usage) [etyl]  *exstirpus, or directly from Vulgar Latin. Compare Aromanian sterpu, Albanian shterp, Sicilian strippa, Venetian sterpo, Friulian sterpe.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sterp/

Adjective

sterp m or n (feminine singular stearpă, masculine plural sterpi, feminine and neuter plural sterpe)

1. desolate, lifeless, barren
2. sterile, infertile

Declension

Declension of sterp

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	sterp		stearpă	sterpi	sterpe
	definite	sterpul		stearpa	sterpii	sterpele
genitive/ dative	indefinite	sterp		sterpe	sterpi	sterpe
	definite	sterpului		sterpei	sterpilor	sterpelor

Synonyms

• dezolant, sărac, deșert, steril