potârniche
Appearance
Romanian
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- potîrniche, потырнике (communist spellings)
regional or archaic forms
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Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Vulgar Latin *peturnīcula. Compare Aromanian pitruniclji.
The oldest attested form may be пътꙋᵖɴике (/pəturˈnike/ or in modernised spelling păturniche), found as a surname in a document from Suceava dated to 1597.[1] For the modern standard potârniche, note that /o/ can develop from /ə/ when preceded by a labial, as in porumb, boteza < părumb, băteza < palumbus, baptizāre. /ə/ in turn can develop from an older /e/ when preceded by a labial, as in păcurar, păcat < pecurar, pecat < pecorārius, peccātum.[2] (From păcurar there also arose a variant pocurar.)[3]
Noun
[edit]potârniche f (plural potârnichi)
Declension
[edit]singular | plural | ||||
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indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | ||
nominative-accusative | potârniche | potârnichea | potârnichi | potârnichile | |
genitive-dative | potârnichi | potârnichii | potârnichi | potârnichilor | |
vocative | potârniche, potârnicheo | potârnichilor |
References
[edit]- potârniche in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)
- ^ Petriceicu-Hasdeu, Bogdan. 1878. Cuvente den bătrâni: Limba română vorbită între 1550–1600. Page 76.
- ^ Candrea-Hecht, Ion Aurel. 1902. Les éléments latins de la langue roumaine: Le consonantisme. Paris: Bouillon. Page 39.
- ^ păcurar in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)