viezure

Romanian

Etymology

From older vied̦ure, possibly from Late Proto-Albanian *vedzula, a deverbative of Proto-Albanian *wedza (“to steal”). The declension signals that the etymon is likely to have contained the Proto-Albanian diminutive suffix *-ula with the final vowel preserved. Romanian mazăre (“pies”) certainly resulted in the third declension due to the likely diminutive suffix of its root. Also, sâmbure (“pit of a fruit”) would transport the diminutive suffix into the third declension if it originates from Proto-Albanian. It can't be derived from earlier Albanian with the final [a] already having turned into [ə] as this is continued by the same vowel in Romanian just like in daltă (“chisel”), only probable from daltë (“chisel”). Cognate to Gheg Albanian vjedhullë (compare standard vjedull) from the same source.^[1]^[2]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈvje.zu.re]

Noun

viezure m (plural viezuri, feminine equivalent viezuroaică)

badger

Declension

^{The template Template:ro-noun-m-e does not use the parameter(s): def=viezurele
Please see Module:checkparams for help with this warning.}

	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
	singular		plural
nominative-accusative	viezure	viezurele	viezuri	viezurii
genitive-dative	viezure	viezurelui	viezuri	viezurilor
vocative	viezure		viezurilor

Synonyms

bursuc (modern word for badger)

Derived terms

References

^ Vladimir Orel, Albanian Etymological Dictionary, s.v. "vjedh" (Leiden: Brill, 1998), 510.
^ Academia Română, Institutul de Lingvistică „Iorgu Iordan”, Dicționarul explicativ al limbii române, ediția a II-a, s.v. "viezure", Univers Enciclopedic, 1998.

[1] Vladimir Orel, Albanian Etymological Dictionary, s.v. "vjedh" (Leiden: Brill, 1998), 510.

[2] Academia Română, Institutul de Lingvistică „Iorgu Iordan”, Dicționarul explicativ al limbii române, ediția a II-a, s.v. "viezure", Univers Enciclopedic, 1998.

[1]

[2]