espurna
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Catalan
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Uncertain; possibly pre-Roman, from an Proto-Indo-European root *pur- (“fire”). Also found in Old Catalan as purna. Alternatively, linked to Latin prūna (“burning coal”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]espurna f (plural espurnes)
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “espurna” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “espurna” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
- “espurna”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
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