plutibil
Romanian
Etymology
From pluti (“to float”) + -bil (“-able”), with the verb assuming the transitive meaning, otherwise not found, of “to traverse by raft”. Its very rare existing transitive sense instead refers to conveying by raft.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pluˈti.bil/
- Rhymes: -ibil
- Hyphenation: plu‧ti‧bil
Adjective
plutibil m or n (feminine singular plutibilă, masculine plural plutibili, feminine and neuter plural plutibile)
- (rare) raftable (navigable by raft)
Declension
singular | plural | |||||||
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masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | |||
nominative- accusative |
indefinite | plutibil | plutibilă | plutibili | plutibile | |||
definite | plutibilul | plutibila | plutibilii | plutibilele | ||||
genitive- dative |
indefinite | plutibil | plutibile | plutibili | plutibile | |||
definite | plutibilului | plutibilei | plutibililor | plutibilelor |
Further reading
- “plutibil”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2025
- Iorgu Iordan, Alexandru Graur, Ion Coteanu, editors (1977), Dicționarul Limbii Române[1], volume 8, part 3, Bucharest: Academy of the Socialist Republic of Romania, page 879