măgură
Appearance
Romanian
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Origin unknown. Possibly from dialectal măgulă (compare Aromanian mãgulã), from Albanian magulë (“heap”), metathetic form of gamulë, or an expressive creation based on *măc- or *moc-. Other less likely theories included Latin macula or *maculum, or a Proto-Slavic *mogyla. Compare also Greek μαγούλα (magoúla, “hill”) and Latin magulum (“cheek”).
This word has also been associated with the pan-Mediterranean substrate which is allegedly reflected in Basque mokor (“lump of earth”) and Sardinian mogoro (“hill”).
Noun
[edit]măgură f (plural măguri)
Declension
[edit]singular | plural | ||||
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indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | ||
nominative-accusative | măgură | măgura | măguri | măgurile | |
genitive-dative | măguri | măgurii | măguri | măgurilor | |
vocative | măgură, măguro | măgurilor |
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- măgură in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)
- măgură in Alexandru Ciorănescu, Dicționarul etimologic român, Tenerife: Universidad de la Laguna, 1958–66.