scorbură

Romanian

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin scrobis through a Vulgar Latin form *scorbis after metathesis. The final result in Romanian may be explained through a root *scorbula or through a lost Romanian word *scorb and its plural scorburi. Compare Aromanian scrob, cf. Italian scroba.

Noun

scorbură f (plural scorburi)

a hollow (sunken area in something solid, such as in the trunk of a tree)
Synonyms: scobitură, adâncitură
hole, cavity
Synonyms: gaură, groapă, cavitate
cave
Synonym: peșteră

Declension

	+ indefinite article	+ definite article	+ indefinite article	+ definite article
	singular		plural
nominative/accusative	(o) scorbură	scorbura	(niște) scorburi	scorburile
genitive/dative	(unei) scorburi	scorburii	(unor) scorburi	scorburilor
vocative	scorbură, scorburo		scorburilor