junt
English
Noun
junt (plural junts)
- (Scotland, obsolete) A fair-sized piece or amount; a chunk.
- 1834, The Museum of Foreign Literature, Science and Art, volume 25, page 138:
- When they were partin with Lady Killdun, she called Ned Burke aside, an (as Donald said) gave him a junt of butter betwixt two fardles of bread, which Ned put into a wallet they had for carrying some little baggage.
- 1903, Seumas MacManus, A Lad of the O'Friels, page 43:
- "Throw a couple of turf and a junt of fir on the fire, Dinny, a thaisge, afore ye sit down," he said.
Catalan
Pronunciation
Derived terms
Related terms
- ajuntar
- tot junt
Synonyms
Further reading
- “junt” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “junt”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “junt” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “junt” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Romanian
Etymology
Unknown, seems a newer loan from an unknown source or an internal creation.
Declension
References
- Paliga, Sorin (2024) An Etymological Dictionary of the Romanian Language, New York: Peter Lang, →ISBN, page 338
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