curcubeu
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Aromanian
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Vulgar Latin *circus bibit, literally, ‘ring that drinks’ (from bibere "to drink"), late variant of arcus bibit ‘rainbow’ (also cras pluit); compare Franco-Provençal arcboit, arboè, Ladin arcobuàn, Campanian arcovevere.[1]
Noun
[edit]curcubeu m (plural curcubei)
References
[edit]- ^ M. Alinei, "Tradizioni popolari in Plauto: «bibit arcus» (Curculio 131)", Lares 58 (1992), 333-40, cited in Remo Bracchi, Nomi e volti della paura nelle valli dell'Adda e della Mera (Tübingen: Max Niemeyer, 2009), 45: n.28.
Romanian
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Vulgar Latin circus bibit (literally “ring that drinks”), from bibere (“to drink”), late variant of arcus bibit (“rainbow”) (also crās pluit); compare Franco-Provençal arcboit, arboè, Ladin arcobuàn, Neapolitan arcovevere.[1]
Noun
[edit]curcubeu n (plural curcubeie)
Declension
[edit]Declension of curcubeu
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
| nominative/accusative | (un) curcubeu | curcubeul | (niște) curcubeie | curcubeiele |
| genitive/dative | (unui) curcubeu | curcubeului | (unor) curcubeie | curcubeielor |
| vocative | curcubeule | curcubeielor | ||
References
[edit]- ^ M. Alinei, "Tradizioni popolari in Plauto: «bibit arcus» (Curculio 131)", Lares 58 (1992), 333-40, cited in Remo Bracchi, Nomi e volti della paura nelle valli dell'Adda e della Mera (Tübingen: Max Niemeyer, 2009), 45: n.28.