vatră

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See also: vatra, Vatra, Vatră, and vatrã

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Tosk Albanian vatër (definite form vatra), from Proto-Albanian *ōtar, obtained through the *o to *vo-/*va- development which is observed exclusively in the Albanian language as the dipthongization of *o in the two major dialect groups (cf. also vadhë, varfër, vesh, etc.).[1][2][3] Borrowed also into Serbo-Croatian vatra (“fire”), Czech vatra. Some of the Slavic forms are explained as being borrowed from proto-Romanian or other Vlach languages, through semi-nomadic Aromanian shepherds. Compare Aromanian vatrã.[1]

Noun

vatră f (plural vetre)

  1. fireplace, hearth, fireside
  2. (by extension, figuratively) home, house, dwelling, abode
    Synonyms: casă, domiciliu, locuință

Declension

Declension of vatră
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (o) vatră vatra (niște) vetre vetrele
genitive/dative (unei) vetre vetrei (unor) vetre vetrelor
vocative vatră, vatro vetrelor

Descendants

  • → Gagauz: vatra

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1
    2008, Willem Vermeer, “The prehistory of the Albanian vowel system: A preliminary exploration”, in Studies in Slavic and General Linguistics, volume 32, page 606:
    "As is well known, the rise of Tosk as a recognizable dialec-tal unit involves two innovations that have parallels in early Romanian: Romanian centralized its *a in nasal contexts and part of the dialects under-went the development of intervocalic -n- to -r-. Romanian also famously borrowed vatër 'hearth' with patently Tosk va- and proceeded to spread it to wherever Vlachs expanded subsequently. The shared Tosk-Romanian innovations obviously constitute the final stage of the crucial and well-publicized period of Albanian-Romanian convergence. Since these inno-vations are found either not at all or only marginally in the Slavic loans into Romanian and Albanian, it follows that the rise of Tosk preceded both the expansion of Romanian and the influx of Slavic loans."
  2. ^ Hyllested, A., Joseph, B. D. (2022) “Albanian”, in Olander, T., editor, The Indo-European Language Family: A Phylogenetic Perspective, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →DOI, →ISBN, page 232
  3. ^ Curtis, Matthew C. (2017–2018) “Chapter XV: Albanian”, in Klein, Jared S., Joseph, Brian D., Fritz, Matthias, editors, Handbook of Comparative and Historical Indo-European Linguistics: An International Handbook (Handbücher zur Sprach- und Kommunikationswissenschaft ; 41.2), Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter Mouton, →ISBN, § The dialectology of Albanian, page 1805
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