sprânceană

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Etymology

From a Vulgar Latin root *supercenna, from *supergenna, formed from a confusion of Latin supercilia and gena (whence came Romanian geană), or from supercilia with influence from geană in early Romanian or Proto-Romanian, analogous to the original Latin deriving from super (“above”) + cilia (“eyelash”). Compare Spanish sobreceño. The Romanian word (as well as the Aromanian equivalent sprindzeanã) developed a nasal infix, similarly to Portuguese sobrancelha, Romansh survantscheglia. Cf. also sufruncea.[1]

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Noun

sprânceană f (plural sprâncene)

  1. eyebrow

Declension

singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative sprânceană sprânceana sprâncene sprâncenele
genitive-dative sprâncene sprâncenei sprâncene sprâncenelor
vocative sprânceană, sprânceano sprâncenelor

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References

  1. ^ Romanian Explanatory Dictionary
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