sterpu

Aromanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Possibly ultimately from Byzantine Greek στέριφος (stériphos). Alternatively, it may be derived from Vulgar Latin *exstirpus or *extirpus, from Latin extirpo (“I root out”)

Compare Romanian sterp, Albanian shterp, shterpë, probably from the same source, and Venetian sterpa, Friulian sterpe.

Adjective

sterpu m (plural sterchi, feminine equivalent stearpã, feminine plural stearpi or stearpe)

  1. barren, lifeless, desolate
  2. sterile, infertile
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