măgură

Romanian

Alternative forms

măgulă, mâglă

Etymology

Origin unknown. Possibly from dialectal măgulă (compare Aromanian mãgulã), from Albanian magulë (“heap”), metathetic form of gamulë, or an expressive creation based on *măc- or *moc-. Other less likely theories included Latin macula or *maculum, or a Proto-Slavic *mogyla. Compare also Greek μαγούλα (magoúla, “hill”) and Latin magulum (“cheek”).

This word has also been associated with the pan-Mediterranean substrate which is allegedly reflected in Basque mokor (“lump of earth”) and Sardinian mogoro (“hill”).

Noun

măgură f (plural măguri)

hill, mount, hillock
Synonym: colină
funerary tumulus, mound
Synonym: tumul

Declension

Declension of măgură

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(o) măgură	măgura	(niște) măguri	măgurile
genitive/dative	(unei) măguri	măgurii	(unor) măguri	măgurilor
vocative	măgură, măguro		măgurilor

Derived terms

măgurea

References

măgură in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)
măgură in Alexandru Ciorănescu, Dicționarul etimologic român, Tenerife: Universidad de la Laguna, 1958-66.

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