cearcăn
See also: cearcan
Romanian
editEtymology
editThe exact etymology is uncertain, but it was probably derived through a conflation of an inherited form of Latin circinus and a word borrowed directly from Ancient Greek κίρκινος (kírkinos)), reflecting the lack of palatalization on the latter -c-, as well as the irregular dipgthongization of the initial -e- which tends to be avoided in masculine words, compare the development of proaspăt with the same irregular diphthongization. It is also possible that the word is an internal derivation from cerc (“circle”) in Romanian.[1] Compare French cerne.
Pronunciation
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Noun
editcearcăn n (plural cearcăne)
Declension
editDeclension of cearcăn
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) cearcăn | cearcănul | (niște) cearcăne | cearcănele |
genitive/dative | (unui) cearcăn | cearcănului | (unor) cearcăne | cearcănelor |
vocative | cearcănule | cearcănelor |