sâmbure
See also: sãmbure
Romanian edit
Alternative forms edit
- sîmbure — old orthography
Etymology edit
One theory is that it comes from Albanian: compare sumbull, dialectal variant of standard thumbull (“button”), diminutive of thumb (“sting”). Alternatively, it may be a substratum word, akin to the Albanian one, or from a Vulgar Latin root *sumbola, symbola, from Latin symbolus, from Ancient Greek σύμβολον (súmbolon, “a sign by which one infers something; a mark, token, badge, ticket, tally, check, a signal, watchword, outward sign”).[1] Compare Aromanian sãmburi, shambãrã, sãmburã.
Noun edit
sâmbure m (plural sâmburi)
- pit (of a fruit)
- (figurative) the central, core, or essential part of something
Declension edit
Declension of sâmbure
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) sâmbure | sâmburele | (niște) sâmburi | sâmburii |
genitive/dative | (unui) sâmbure | sâmburelui | (unor) sâmburi | sâmburilor |
vocative | sâmbure | sâmburilor |
See also edit
References edit
- ^ sâmbure in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)