iepurar
Romanian
Alternative forms
- епурар (epurar /iepurar/) — post-1930s Cyrillic spelling
Etymology
From iepure (“rabbit, hare”) + -ar or possibly directly from Latin leporārius, from lepus (“hare”). The literal meaning is thus “something that has to do with rabbits/hares”, i.e. hunts them. Doublet of levrier (“greyhound”). Compare Aromanian iupurar.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /je.puˈrar/
- Rhymes: -ar
- Hyphenation: ie‧pu‧rar
Noun
iepurar m (plural iepurari)
Declension
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | ||
| nominative-accusative | iepurar | iepurarul | iepurari | iepurarii | |
| genitive-dative | iepurar | iepurarului | iepurari | iepurarilor | |
| vocative | iepurarule | iepurarilor | |||
Further reading
- “iepurar”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2026