searbăd

Romanian

Alternative forms

  • sarbăd, sarbed, searbed

Etymology

Unknown. Possibly a substrate connection with Albanian tharbët (sour, acrid) or derived from Albanian. Nevertheless, the final voiceless dental plosive [t] is usually retained in derivations from Albanian just like in Romanian sat, from Old Romanian fsat, most likely from Albanian fshat. The result in final [d] may be explained by an analogy to the non-productive adjectival suffix -ed, from Latin -idus, -idum, as in Romanian fraged.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈse̯ar.bəd/

Adjective

searbăd m or n (feminine singular searbădă, masculine plural serbezi, feminine and neuter plural serbede)

  1. tasteless, flat, insipid, dull, tame
    Synonyms: fad, insipid

Declension

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