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Romanian
Etymology
Ultimately from Latin scrobis through a Vulgar Latin form *scorbis after metathesis. The final result in Romanian may be explained through a root *scorbula or through a lost Romanian word *scorb and its plural scorburi. Compare Aromanian scrob, cf. Italian scroba.
Noun
scorbură f (plural scorburi)
- a hollow (sunken area in something solid, such as in the trunk of a tree)
- Synonyms: scobitură, adâncitură
- hole, cavity
- Synonyms: gaură, groapă, cavitate
- cave
- Synonym: peșteră
Declension