pârâu

See also: parau, paráu, pârău, Pârâu, and Pārau

Romanian

Etymology

Unknown. Influenced by râu (“river”), compare Megleno-Romanian păroi. Possibly from a Slavic language (compare Bulgarian порой (poroj)). Alternative theories suggest Albanian përrua, Thracian *parau(t) and Greek *παρροή (*parroḯ), from παραρροή (pararroḯ).[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /pɨˈrɨw/

Noun

pârâu n (plural pâraie or pârâuri)

  1. stream; creek; brook

Declension
Declension of pârâu
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) pârâu pârâul (niște) pâraie pâraiele
genitive/dative (unui) pârâu pârâului (unor) pâraie pâraielor
vocative pârâule pâraielor

See also

References
  1. “Archived copy”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)‎, 2012 September 22 (last accessed), archived from the original on 2 January 2013
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.