buștean

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Etymology

Unknown. One theory links it to Transylvanian Saxon Bumstam, equivalent to German Baumstamm. However, while this makes sense for the most common meaning, it doesn't account for the older and rarer meanings or for the Aromanian cognate bushtinã (“soot”), and also the related or derived terms in Romanian, buștenit (“blackened”), buștină (“fog, darkness”), and the regional buștușag (“fire, conflagration, devastation, desolation”), now archaic. These terms all seem to be linked to a derivation of Latin būstum (“place for burning funeral pyres, tomb”), possibly also originally meaning "burnt" (compare combūstus).[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

buștean m (plural bușteni)

  1. log (trunk of a tree cleared of branches)
    Synonym: butuc
  2. stock (tree)
  3. stump
  4. (rare) burnt wood

Declension

singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative buștean bușteanul bușteni buștenii
genitive-dative buștean bușteanului bușteni buștenilor
vocative bușteanule buștenilor

See also

References

  1. ^ http://www.dex.ro/buștean Romanian Explanatory Dictionary
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