scărmăna

See also: scarmana

Romanian

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *excarmināre, present active infinitive of *excarminō, from Latin ex- + carminō (to card), from carmen (card for wool, flax). Compare Aromanian scarmin, scãrminari, Calabrese scarminare, Spanish escarmenar, Italian scarmigliare.

Verb

a scărmăna (third-person singular present scarmănă, past participle scărmănat) 1st conj.

  1. to card (wool), comb
  2. to pluck (feathers)
  3. (figurative) to whack, pommel someone

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