scurt
Romanian
Etymology
Inherited from Vulgar Latin *excurtus, from Latin curtus (“short”); the initial s- may also have been added later in Romanian, or appeared as a result of the influence of scurta, from excurtare. Compare also Aromanian shcurtu. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker-.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /skurt/
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Adjective
scurt m or n (feminine singular scurtă, masculine plural scurți, feminine and neuter plural scurte)
Declension
| singular | plural | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | |||
| nominative- accusative |
indefinite | scurt | scurtă | scurți | scurte | |||
| definite | scurtul | scurta | scurții | scurtele | ||||
| genitive- dative |
indefinite | scurt | scurte | scurți | scurte | |||
| definite | scurtului | scurtei | scurților | scurtelor | ||||