înveghea

Forms

înveghea (third-person singular present înveghează, past participle învegheat), 1st conjugation^[1]

Etymology

It is formed from Romanian în- + veghea (“to keep watch”).^[2][1] Wiktionary also allows a direct source in Latin invigilō (“to stay awake over, watch over”).^[1][3]

Earliest recorded meaning

MDA2's first record is Tudor Pamfile's collection of folk songs, Cântece de țară, of 1913.^[2] It is a word of Moldavia and Bucovina, meaning “to take heed”.^[2]

Semantic evolution

Its senses run from paying attention to learning from experience: to take notice, to heed, to keep oneself from doing harm, to learn one's lesson, to become sensible.^[2][4] The DAR gives it as a reflexive verb.^[4] Wiktionary also has the senses “to do something with diligence” and “to take into consideration”.^[1]

Timeline

• 1913 – in Tudor Pamfile's Cântece de țară, the first record.^[2]

Meanings

Verb

1. (regional) To take heed, to pay attention.^[2][4][1]
2. (regional) To keep oneself from doing harm.^[2][4]
3. (regional) To learn one's lesson; to become sensible.^[2][4][1]

Related words

• veghea

Usage notes

MDA2 gives two present forms, înveghez and înveghi.^[2]

References

1. ^ a b c d e f Wiktionary, the free dictionary, https://en.wiktionary.org
2. ^ a b c d e f g h i Academia Română, Institutul de Lingvistică „Iorgu Iordan – Al. Rosetti” (2010), Micul dicționar academic, 2nd ed., 4 vols., București: Univers Enciclopedic Gold, p. 1, 1267
3. ^ Glare, P. G. W., ed. (2012), Oxford Latin Dictionary, 2nd ed., Oxford: Oxford University Press
4. ^ a b c d e Bulgăr, Gheorghe; Constantinescu-Dobridor, Gheorghe (2002), Dicționar de arhaisme și regionalisme, 2 vols., București: Saeculum Vizual, p. s.v. înveghea