zeamă

Romanian

Alternative forms

zamă

Etymology

Either from Latin zema (“saucepan”) or from Ancient Greek ζέμα (zéma, “decoction, something boiled or fermented; extract; essence”), through a Vulgar Latin intermediate *zema, likely with an Eastern Romance regional sense closer to that of the original Greek than the attested Latin term. Compare Aromanian dzamã.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈze̯amə/
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Noun

zeamă f (plural zemuri)

soup, broth, sauce, gravy
juice, sap

Declension

Declension of zeamă

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(o) zeamă	zeama	(niște) zemuri	zemurile
genitive/dative	(unei) zemi	zemii	(unor) zemuri	zemurilor
vocative	zeamă, zeamo		zemurilor

Derived terms

zemos