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]

Noun

viezure m (plural viezuri, feminine equivalent viezuroaică)

  1. badger

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

References
  1. Academia Română, Institutul de Lingvistică „Iorgu Iordan”, Dicționarul explicativ al limbii române, ediția a II-a, s.v. "viezure", Univers Enciclopedic, 1998.
  2. Vladimir Orel, Albanian Etymological Dictionary, s.v. "vjedh" (Leiden: Brill, 1998), 510.
  3. Bogdan Petriceicu Hasdeu, Columna lui Traian, 1876, 579.
  4. Alexandru de Cihac, Dictionnaire d’étymologie daco-romane, vol. 2 (Frankfurt: St. Goar, 1870-1879), 455.
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