pedestru

From Latin pedester, pedestrem. Generally considered a later borrowing because it conserved the intervocalic -d- and even so, did not diphthongize the feminine to an expected *pedeastră. However, despite these problems, its presence in Aromanian and the existence of the popular/folk senses found in southern and western Transylvania, as well as its documentation as far back as the mid 17th century indicate that it may have been an inherited word.^[1]

• IPA^(key): /peˈdes.tru/

pedestru m or n (feminine singular pedestră, masculine plural pedeștri, feminine and neuter plural pedestre)

1. (rare, dated) pedestrian, on foot

   Synonym: pe jos

2. (regional, Transylvania, popular) crippled, maimed, disabled

   Synonyms: schilod, șchiop, invalid

3. (regional, popular, derogatory, archaic) stupid, dumb, lacking intelligence; simple, prosaic, dull

   Synonyms: prost, prozaic

pedestru m (plural pedeștri)

1. (today rare or archaic) pedestrian, walker

   Synonyms: pieton, trecător

2. (dated) infantryman, foot soldier

   Synonym: infanterist

• pedestraș
• pedestri
• pedestrime