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gheura

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Romanian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Unknown. Possibly from Latin glabrāre, from glaber (smooth). Related to dezgheura / dejgheura, itself sometimes considered to derive from a Vulgar Latin root *disglabrāre, or from *disgluberāre, from glubō. Alternatively, related to gheară. [1]

Verb

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a gheura (third-person singular present gheurează, past participle gheurat) 1st conjugation

  1. (regional, rare, archaic) to shell, pod; to remove grains from corn/maize, to shuck

Conjugation

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References

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  1. ^ gheura in Alexandru Ciorănescu, Dicționarul etimologic român, Tenerife: Universidad de la Laguna, 1958–66.