șușta

Forms

șușta (past participle șuștat) 1st conjugation^[1]

Etymology

MDA2 and the DLR call its origin unknown.^[2][3] Ciorănescu lists it as sușta “to rise up”.^[4] In his view, after a proposal of Drăganu in the journal Dacoromania, it is inherited from Latin suscitō (“to raise, stir up”), though no text confirms the word.^[4] Wiktionary also gives the Latin verb.^[1]

Earliest recorded meaning

The first record is a note in Dacoromania in the early 1920s, which gives the word from Transylvania with the sense “to protest”.^[2][3]

Timeline

• 1920s – a Transylvanian se șușta “to protest” in Dacoromania.^[2][3]

Meanings

Verb

1. (reflexive, Transylvania) To protest, grumble (against someone).^[3][5][2][1]
2. (reflexive, regional; as șușca) To be dissatisfied with oneself, to reproach oneself.^[3][5][2]
3. (transitive, Transylvania; as șușca) To hit hard, nudge; to stifle.^[3][5][2]

Usage notes

The variant șușca is recorded in Pașca's glossary from the Turda area.^[3][2]

References

1. ^ a b c d Wiktionary, the free dictionary, https://en.wiktionary.org
2. ^ a b c d e f g Academia Română, Institutul de Lingvistică „Iorgu Iordan – Al. Rosetti” (2010), Micul dicționar academic, 2nd ed., 4 vols., București: Univers Enciclopedic Gold, p. 2, 1142
3. ^ a b c d e f g Academia Română (1965–2010), Dicționarul limbii române (DLR), serie nouă, tom I–XIX, București: Editura Academiei Române, p. s.v. șușta
4. ^ a b Ciorănescu, Alexandru (1958–1966), Diccionario etimológico rumano, La Laguna: Universidad de La Laguna (Romanian ed.: Dicționarul etimologic al limbii române, București: Saeculum, 2001), p. s.v. sușta
5. ^ a b c Bulgăr, Gheorghe; Constantinescu-Dobridor, Gheorghe (2002), Dicționar de arhaisme și regionalisme, 2 vols., București: Saeculum Vizual, p. s.v. șușta