strugure – Romanian noun declension

Noun: strugure

Long Infinitive of Verb:

Nominative

Sg. Indef.	strugure
Sg. Def.	strugurele
Pl. Indef.	struguri
Pl. Def.	strugurii

Genitive

Sg. Indef.	strugure
Sg. Def.	strugurelui
Pl. Indef.	struguri
Pl. Def.	strugurilor

Vocative

Singular	strugure
Plural	strugurilor

Sample Sentences

Nouns inflected like strugure

brusture, bulgăre, nasture, păduche, staroste, principe, ciucure, pieptene, strugure, latrone, câine, pește, sporange, șoarece, mărăcine, perciune, ciorchine, viezure, cărbune, arbure, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)

Etymology

Origin uncertain. Many theories have been proposed. Possibly a singularised plural of strug (now a regional term found in Bessarabia), which may be related to strung (“lathe”), strunji or the verb struji (“to clean feathers, branches, cobs of corn, etc.; to shave or scrape off; to chisel”), a regionalism of Slavic origin, possibly borrowed from Middle Bulgarian стръжити (strŭžiti), стругати (strugati) (whence Bulgarian стръга́ (străgá), стръжа́ (străžá, “to flake off, chip off; rub”). For the semantic development, compare: Spanish raspa (“bunch of grapes”), from the verb raspar (“scrape; file or sand down”). Alternatively, strug may be borrowed from Ancient Greek τρύγος (trúgos), τρυγή (trugḗ, “vine harvest”). Other less likely etymologies include a Latin *stribulus or *strubulus, a Gepid thrubilo or struwilo, corresponding to German Träubel (“grape hyacinth”), or a substratum origin (although the word doesn't seem to have an Albanian or other Balkan equivalent). Replaced Old Romanian auă, from Latin uva. See: Spanish Nouns 'raspa'.

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