adulmeca

Romanian

Alternative forms

• adurmeca, adulma

Etymology

Unknown. Cognate with Aromanian ulmic, ulmicari. Possibly from a Vulgar Latin root *adosmicāre, from *adosmāre, from Ancient Greek ὀσμάω (osmáō), which would make sense semantically but is difficult to connect phonetically. Compare Italian ormare, Spanish husmear, husmar probably coming from a Latin *osmāre, ultimately from Ancient Greek. It may be linked with urmă through an *adormicāre. Another less likely etymology may be *adolmicāre, ultimately from oleō. A related term is the obsolete olm.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.dul.meˈka/
• Rhymes: -a
• Hyphenation: a‧dul‧me‧ca

• Audio:

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Verb

a adulmeca (third-person singular present adulmecă, past participle adulmecat) 1st conjugation

1. to sniff, scent, sense or trace through smell (an animal, person, etc.)

Conjugation

    conjugation of adulmeca (first conjugation, no infix)

infinitive			a adulmeca
gerund			adulmecând
past participle			adulmecat
number		singular			plural
person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	adulmec	adulmeci	adulmecă	adulmecăm	adulmecați	adulmecă
	imperfect	adulmecam	adulmecai	adulmeca	adulmecam	adulmecați	adulmecau
	simple perfect	adulmecai	adulmecași	adulmecă	adulmecarăm	adulmecarăți	adulmecară
	pluperfect	adulmecasem	adulmecaseși	adulmecase	adulmecaserăm	adulmecaserăți	adulmecaseră
subjunctive		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	să adulmec	să adulmeci	să adulmece	să adulmecăm	să adulmecați	să adulmece
imperative		—	tu	—	—	voi	—
	affirmative		adulmecă			adulmecați
	negative		nu adulmeca			nu adulmecați

Related terms

• olm

See also

• mirosi