văpaie

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Romanian

Etymology

Unknown. Possibly from Albanian vapë (“hot weather”),[1][2] from Old Italian vapa (“vapor”),[3] from Latin vapor (“heat, hot air”), though the relationship between the words is uncertain. Another theory is that it is linked to a Vulgar Latin root *vapalia, from vapa.[4] Compare Sicilian vampa.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /vəˈpa.je/
  • Rhymes: -aje
  • Hyphenation: vă‧pa‧ie

Noun

văpaie f (plural văpăi) (now literary)

  1. flame, blaze
  2. (figuratively) passion

Declension

singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative văpaie văpaia văpăi văpăile
genitive-dative văpăi văpăii văpăi văpăilor
vocative văpaie, văpaio văpăilor

Synonyms

References

  1. ^ Noul dicționar explicativ al limbii române, s.v. "văpaie", Litera Internațional, 2002.
  2. ^ Academia Română, Institutul de Lingvistică „Iorgu Iordan”, Dicționarul explicativ al limbii române, ediția a II-a, s.v. "văpaie", Univers Enciclopedic, 1998.
  3. ^ Vladimir Orel, Albanian Etymological Dictionary, s.v. "vapë" (Leiden: Brill, 1998), 494.
  4. ^ văpaie in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)
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