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)

  1. badger

Declension

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Declension of viezure
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) viezure viezurele (niște) viezuri viezurii
genitive/dative (unui) viezure viezurelui (unor) viezuri viezurilor
vocative viezure viezurilor

Synonyms
  • bursuc (modern word for badger)

Derived terms

References
  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.
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