scorbură

Romanian

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin scrobis through a Vulgar Latin form *scorbis after metathesis. The final result in Romanian may be explained through a root *scorbula or through a lost Romanian word *scorb and its plural scorburi. Compare Aromanian scrob, cf. Italian scroba.

Noun

scorbură f (plural scorburi)

1. a hollow (sunken area in something solid, such as in the trunk of a tree)

   Synonyms: scobitură, adâncitură

2. hole, cavity

   Synonyms: gaură, groapă, cavitate

3. cave

   Synonym: peșteră

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	scorbură	scorbura		scorburi	scorburile
genitive-dative	scorburi	scorburii		scorburi	scorburilor
vocative	scorbură, scorburo			scorburilor