gudura
Romanian
Etymology
Per Russu, from a Balkan substrate, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰedʰ-. Compare Albanian gudulis.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡu.duˈra/
Verb
a gudura (third-person singular present gudură, past participle gudurat, third-person subjunctive gudure) 1st conjugation
- (of dogs) to fawn (wag its tail to show devotion)
- (figurative) to fawn (seek favour by flattery and obsequious behaviour)
Conjugation
conjugation of gudura (first conjugation, no infix)
| infinitive | a gudura | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | gudurând | ||||||
| past participle | gudurat | ||||||
| number | singular | plural | |||||
| person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | |
| indicative | eu | tu | el/ea | noi | voi | ei/ele | |
| present | gudur | guduri | gudură | gudurăm | gudurați | gudură | |
| imperfect | guduram | gudurai | gudura | guduram | gudurați | gudurau | |
| simple perfect | gudurai | gudurași | gudură | gudurarăm | gudurarăți | gudurară | |
| pluperfect | gudurasem | guduraseși | gudurase | guduraserăm | guduraserăți | guduraseră | |
| subjunctive | eu | tu | el/ea | noi | voi | ei/ele | |
| present | să gudur | să guduri | să gudure | să gudurăm | să gudurați | să gudure | |
| imperative | — | tu | — | — | voi | — | |
| affirmative | gudură | gudurați | |||||
| negative | nu gudura | nu gudurați | |||||
Further reading
- “gudura”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2025
Serbo-Croatian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡǔdura/
- Hyphenation: gu‧du‧ra
Noun
gùdura f (Cyrillic spelling гу̀дура)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | gudura | gudure |
| genitive | gudure | gudura |
| dative | guduri | gudurama |
| accusative | guduru | gudure |
| vocative | guduro | gudure |
| locative | guduri | gudurama |
| instrumental | gudurom | gudurama |