Aromanian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Possibly ultimately from Byzantine Greek στέριφος (stériphos). Alternatively, it may be derived from Vulgar Latin *exstirpus or *extirpus, from Latin extirpo (I root out)

Compare Romanian sterp, Albanian shterp, shterpë, probably from the same source, and Venetian sterpa, Friulian sterpe.

Adjective

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sterpu m (plural sterchi, feminine equivalent stearpã, feminine plural stearpi or stearpe)

  1. barren, lifeless, desolate
  2. sterile, infertile