zârnă

See also: zarna, zarnā, and żarna

Romanian

Etymology

Disputed. May be from a pre-Roman language, such as Dacian or Thracian, comparisons having been made to the Dacian name for the black hellebore Helleborus niger, Prodiarna (diarna → zârnă). Compare Sorin Paliga, et al. The Romanian Academy in its official dictionary, the Dicționarul explicativ al limbii române (1998), however, derives the word from Proto-Slavic *zьrno (“berry, grain”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈzɨr.nə/

Noun

niște zârne

zârnă f (plural zârne)

Black nightshade (Solanum nigrum), also known as sunberry.
Synonym: solan

Declension

Declension of zârnă

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(o) zârnă	zârna	(niște) zârne	zârnele
genitive/dative	(unei) zârne	zârnei	(unor) zârne	zârnelor
vocative	zârnă, zârno		zârnelor

References

zârnă in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

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