viezure
Romanian
Etymology
From older viedzure, possibly from Albanian (Gheg) vjedhullë (compare standard vjedull), from vjedh ‘to steal’.[1][2] or alternatively cognate to it as a substratum term, from a proposed Dacian *viedula,[3] though this is uncertain. Conversely it may be that the Albanian term is derived from a local Vlach language or Proto-Romanian. May also be tied to a Slavic *jazvrŭ ‘hedgehog’.[4]
Declension
declension of viezure
singular | plural | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) viezure | viezurele | (niște) viezuri | viezurii |
genitive/dative | (unui) viezure | viezurelui | (unor) viezuri | viezurilor |
vocative | viezure | viezurilor |
Synonyms
- bursuc (modern word for badger)
Derived terms
- vizuină
- viezurină
References
- Academia Română, Institutul de Lingvistică „Iorgu Iordan”, Dicționarul explicativ al limbii române, ediția a II-a, s.v. "viezure", Univers Enciclopedic, 1998.
- Vladimir Orel, Albanian Etymological Dictionary, s.v. "vjedh" (Leiden: Brill, 1998), 510.
- Bogdan Petriceicu Hasdeu, Columna lui Traian, 1876, 579.
- Alexandru de Cihac, Dictionnaire d’étymologie daco-romane, vol. 2 (Frankfurt: St. Goar, 1870-1879), 455.
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