movilă

See also: movila, Movila, and Movilă

Romanian

Alternative forms

  • moghilă

Etymology

Uncertain. Probably of Slavic origin, compare Proto-Slavic *mogyla (“sepulchral cairn”), or an expressive creation based on the root moc-. The word found in Slavic languages seems itself to be of foreign origin.[1] There have been attempts to link it to a Gepid word, but this is unlikely. Compare also Albanian gamulë, and Romanian măgură.

Noun

movilă f (plural movile)

  1. mound, knoll, hillock, pile

Declension

Declension of movilă
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative movilă movila movile movilele
genitive-dative movile movilei movile movilelor
vocative movilă, movilo movilelor

Descendants

  • → Old Ruthenian: мови́ла (movíla)

See also

References

  1. ^ Paliga, Sorin (2024) An Etymological Dictionary of the Romanian Language, New York: Peter Lang, →ISBN, page 787
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