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curcubeu

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Aromanian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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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

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curcubeu m (plural curcubei)

  1. rainbow

References

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  1. ^ 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

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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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

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curcubeu n (plural curcubeie)

  1. rainbow

Declension

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singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative curcubeu curcubeul curcubeie curcubeiele
genitive-dative curcubeu curcubeului curcubeie curcubeielor
vocative curcubeule curcubeielor

References

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  1. ^ 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.