paparudă
Romanian
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Bulgarian пеперуда (peperuda), of disputed etymology.
There are at least three possible etymologies:[1]
- from Proto-Slavic *Perunъ (“god of thunder”);
- from Paleo-Balkan, akin to Albanian perperonë, Greek περπερούνα (perperoúna), πεπερούδα (peperoúda), Bulgarian пеперуда (peperuda, “butterfly”);
- from an expressive formation that indicates a kind of small insect (e.g. butterflies, ladybugs, etc.), reflected also in Latin pāpiliō, Italian papiglione, parpaglione, Occitan parpalhon, parpalhòl.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editpaparudă f (plural paparude)
- (paganism) female figures in Romanian pagan mythology associated with rain-invoking rituals and fertility
- (paganism) rain-invoking pagan ritual during drought
Declension
editDeclension of paparudă
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (o) paparudă | paparuda | (niște) paparude | paparudele |
genitive/dative | (unei) paparude | paparudei | (unor) paparude | paparudelor |
vocative | paparudă, paparudo | paparudelor |
References
editFurther reading
edit- paparudă in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)