premândă

Romanian

Etymology

Probably from Late Latin praebenda (“a payment”), from Latin praebendus (“which is to be proferred”). Compare Italian provenda, profenda, Old French provende. Cf. also the neological doublet prebendă.

Noun

premândă f (plural premânde)

1. (archaic, regional) payment (usually consisting of grains, cereals, and other produce) for an agricultural worker or ploughboy
2. (archaic, regional) part of the offering or alms given to the church singers

Declension

Declension of premândă

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(o) premândă	premânda	(niște) premânde	premândele
genitive/dative	(unei) premânde	premândei	(unor) premânde	premândelor
vocative	premândă, premândo		premândelor

Further reading

• premândă in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)