genune

Romanian

Alternative forms

• genună
• gerune — regional, Transylvania
• gerure, geroe — archaic

Etymology

Probably from Latin caerula (“pertaining to the sea”) (likely through an initial early Romanian form *cerure or *cerură, which underwent changes due to dissimilation and other processes, perhaps derhotacization; see some of the above dialectal or archaic alternative forms such as gerure, which were more conservative in pronunciation); some variants possibly derive from the form caerulea. Another theory instead suggests a Vulgar Latin root *girōnem / gyrōnem, from *gyrō (“whirlpool”), presumably stemming ultimately from Ancient Greek γῦρος (gûros).

Noun

genune f (plural genuni)

1. (often literary, poetic) chasm, abyss, precipice

   Synonyms: prăpastie, abis, râpă

2. (archaic) sea

   Synonym: mare

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	genune	genunea		genuni	genunile
genitive-dative	genuni	genunii		genuni	genunilor
vocative	genune, genuneo			genunilor