strugure
Romanian
Alternative forms
Etymology
Origin uncertain. Many theories have been proposed. Possibly a singularised plural of strug (now a regional term found in Besarabia), which may be related to strung (“lathe”), strunji or the verb struji (“to clean feathers, branches, cobs of corn, etc.; to shave or scrape off; to chisel”), a regionalism of Slavic origin, possibly borrowed from Middle Bulgarian strŭžiti, strŭgati (whence Bulgarian стръга́ (strǎgá), стръжа́ (strǎžá), ‘to flake off, chip off; rub’).[1] For the semantic development, compare: Spanish raspa (“bunch of grapes”), from the verb raspar (“scrape; file or sand down”). Alternatively, strug may be borrowed from Ancient Greek Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: Parameter "sc" should be a valid script code; the value "polytonic" is not valid. See WT:LOS., Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: Parameter "sc" should be a valid script code; the value "polytonic" is not valid. See WT:LOS., ‘vine harvest’.[2] Other less likely etymologies include a Latin *stribulus or *strubulus, a Gepid thrubilo or struwilo, corresponding to German Träubel ‘grape hyacinth’,[3] or a substratum origin (although the word doesn't seem to have an Albanian or other Balkan equivalent).[4] Replaced Old Romanian auă, from Latin uva.
Pronunciation
Noun
strugure m (plural struguri)
Declension
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
| nominative/accusative | (un) strugure | strugurele | (niște) struguri | strugurii |
| genitive/dative | (unui) strugure | strugurelui | (unor) struguri | strugurilor |
| vocative | strugure | strugurilor | ||
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References
- ^ Alexandru de Cihac, Dictionnaire d’étymologie daco-romane, vol. 2: Éléments slaves, magyars, turcs et albanais (Frankfurt: Ludolphe St. Goar, 1879), 375–6.
- ^ Hariton Tiktin, Rumänisch-Deutsches Wörterbuch, 1st edn. (Bucharest: Staatsdruckerei, 1903-1925).
- ^ C. Diculescu, “Altgermanische Bestandteile im Rumänischen”, Zeitschrift für romanische Philologie 41, no. 2 (Jan 1921): 424; Ernst Gamillscheg, Romania Germanica, 3 vols. (Berlin: 1934–6), 266.
- ^ Alexandru Ciorănescu, Diccionario etimológico rumano, s.v “strugure” (La Laguna, Tenerife: Biblioteca Filológica, Universidad de la Laguna, 1958–1966).