adaliu

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish اطه‌لو (adalı), from آطه (ada, “island”), from Proto-Turkic *ātag (“island”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.daˈliw/
• Rhymes: -iw
• Hyphenation: a‧da‧liu

Noun

adaliu m (plural adalii)

1. (Muntenia, historical) islander, inhabitants of the Danube islands, specifically those of Ada Kaleh
   • 1902, V. A. Urechia, Istoria Românilor [History of Romanians]‎^[1], volume 10, part 2, page 57:

     Nu toțĭ panduriĭ necredincioși Domnieĭ, aliațĭ aĭ Adaliilor fură răpușĭ de oștirile turcescĭ.

     [Nu toți pandurii necredincioși Domniei, aliați ai adaliilor, fură răpuși de oștirile turcești.]

     Not every soldier unfaithful to the Crown, allied to the islanders, had been slain by the Turkish armies.

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	adaliu	adaliul		adalii	adaliii
genitive-dative	adaliu	adaliului		adalii	adaliilor
vocative	adaliule			adaliilor

Further reading

• adalâu in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)