vârf
Romanian
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- vîrf — 1953–1993 spelling
- вырф (vîrf) — post-1930s Cyrillic spelling
Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic врьхъ (vrĭxŭ), from Proto-Slavic *vьrxъ. Compare Serbo-Croatian vrh. First attested in the 16th century.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]vârf n (plural vârfuri)
Usage notes
[edit]Vârf takes the spatial preposition în, unless it refers to a mountain peak, in which case it takes pe as expected.
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative-accusative | vârf | vârful | vârfuri | vârfurile |
| genitive-dative | vârf | vârfului | vârfuri | vârfurilor |
| vocative | vârfule | vârfurilor | ||
References
[edit]- “vârf”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2026
Categories:
- Romanian terms borrowed from Old Church Slavonic
- Romanian terms derived from Old Church Slavonic
- Romanian terms derived from Proto-Slavic
- Romanian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Romanian terms with audio pronunciation
- Rhymes:Romanian/ɨrf
- Rhymes:Romanian/ɨrf/1 syllable
- Romanian lemmas
- Romanian nouns
- Romanian countable nouns
- Romanian neuter nouns
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