strugure

Romanian

Alternative forms

• strugur — informal, northern
• strugar — rare
• strug — Moldova (country)

Etymology

Origin uncertain. Many theories have been proposed. Possibly a singularised plural of strug (now a regional term found in Bessarabia), which may be related to strung (“lathe”), strunji or the verb struji (“to clean feathers, branches, cobs of corn, etc.; to shave or scrape off; to chisel”), a regionalism of Slavic origin, possibly borrowed from Middle Bulgarian стръжити (strŭžiti), стругати (strugati) (whence Bulgarian стръга́ (strǎgá), стръжа́ (strǎžá, “to flake off, chip off; rub”). For the semantic development, compare: Spanish raspa (“bunch of grapes”), from the verb raspar (“scrape; file or sand down”). Alternatively, strug may be borrowed from Ancient Greek τρύγος (trúgos), τρυγή (trugḗ, “vine harvest”). Other less likely etymologies include a Latin *stribulus or *strubulus, a Gepid thrubilo or struwilo, corresponding to German Träubel (“grape hyacinth”), or a substratum origin (although the word doesn't seem to have an Albanian or other Balkan equivalent). Replaced Old Romanian auă, from Latin uva.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈst̪ɾu.ɡu.ɾe/

Noun

strugure m (plural struguri)

1. grape

   Synonym: (obsolete) auă

   Vinul se obține din struguri.

   Wine is made from grapes.

2. (regional or obsolete) bunch, cluster (of grapes or otherwise)

   Synonyms: ciorchine, scălan

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	strugure	strugurele		struguri	strugurii
genitive-dative	strugure	strugurelui		struguri	strugurilor
vocative	strugure			strugurilor

Derived terms

• strugurel
• struguraș

Further reading

• strugure in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)