puroi

Romanian

Alternative forms
  • puroaie, punoi (regional)

Etymology

From a Vulgar Latin root *pūrōnium, from Latin pūs, pūris, from Proto-Italic *pūs, from Proto-Indo-European *púH-os ~ *púH-es-os, from *puH-. Compare Aromanian pronjiu. Alternatively from a root *pur, derived from this Latin root, and with the suffix -oi added within proto-Romanian.

Noun

puroi n (plural puroaie)

  1. pus

Declension
Declension of puroi
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) puroi puroiul (niște) puroaie puroaiele
genitive/dative (unui) puroi puroiului (unor) puroaie puroaielor
vocative puroiule puroaielor

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