stăuină
Romanian
Alternative forms
- stoină, stauină
Etymology
Probably from staul n + -ină f; another proposed etymology was a Vulgar Latin *stabulīna f, from Latin stabulum n.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /stəˈwi.nə/
Noun
stăuină f (plural stăuini)
- (regional) a winter stable for sheep or other animals
- (regional) a shelter or stable for cattle, or a place for cattle to sleep in the summer
- (regional) a place with much grass, fit for a stable, pen, or enclosure
- (Can we add an example for this sense?)
Declension
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | ||
| nominative-accusative | stăuină | stăuina | stăuini | stăuinile | |
| genitive-dative | stăuini | stăuinii | stăuini | stăuinilor | |
| vocative | stăuină, stăuino | stăuinilor | |||
Related terms
- staul n
See also
- stână f
Further reading
- “stăuină”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2025