mușuroi

Romanian

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin musaroneus, from musaraneus (“shrew”). Compare Aromanian mushuronjiu (“mole”), Italian musaragno (“shrew”), French mûrègne (“anthill”), Venetan musiga (“mole”).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -oj

Noun

mușuroi n (plural mușuroaie)

1. anthill or molehill
2. (Transylvania, Banat) mole

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	mușuroi	mușuroiul		mușuroaie	mușuroaiele
genitive-dative	mușuroi	mușuroiului		mușuroaie	mușuroaielor
vocative	mușuroiule			mușuroaielor

Hyponyms

• furnicar

References

• Ungureanu, Dan (2024) Istoria Limbii Române [History of the Romanian Language], Chișinău: Cartier, →ISBN, page 344