dornic

Forms

dornic m, dornică f, plural dornici m, dornice f; as a noun, dornic m (plural dornici)^[1]

Etymology

It is formed from Romanian dor (“longing”) + -nic.^[1][2][3] MDA2 derives it from the verb dori “to wish” with the same suffix.^[4] Scriban considers the suffix Slavic.^[5] Cihac listed the word in the family of doare “to hurt”, which he took from Latin doleō.^[6]

Earliest recorded meaning

The earliest record in our sources is the Lexicon de la Buda of 1825, which glosses dornicu as “full of longing, burning with desire” and, as a second sense, “quick to feel, sensitive”.^[7] Tiktin's first record is in Anton Pann, 1847, with the sense “longing, yearning”.^[8]

Semantic evolution

The adjective has kept the sense of its base dor: “full of longing”, and hence “eager, impatient to do or get something”.^[1][2] It is usually followed by de or by a clause: dornic de aventuri “eager for adventure”.^[2][9]

As a noun, dornic is the regional name of a plant of the carrot family, Falcaria, with long narrow leaves and small white flowers.^[1][4][10]

Timeline

• 1825 – dornicu “full of longing; sensitive” in the Lexicon de la Buda.^[7]
• 1847 – dornic in Anton Pann.^[8]
• 1875 – Antonescu's dictionary renders it with French désireux.^[11]
• 1906 – MDA2's first record, in Ion Gorun's translation of Goethe's Faust.^[4]
• 1929 – dornic as the name of the plant Falcaria in Panțu's dictionary of plants.^[10]

Meanings

Adjective

1. Full of dor; eager, longing, impatient to do or get something: Copiii erau dornici să plece la mare. “The children were eager to leave for the seaside.”^[1][4][9]

Noun

1. (regional) A plant of the carrot family with long narrow leaves and small white flowers (Falcaria vulgaris).^[1][4][10]

Related words

• dor
• dori
• doritor

References

1. ^ a b c d e f DEX (2009), Dicționarul explicativ al limbii române [Explanatory dictionary of the Romanian language], Bucharest: Editura Univers Enciclopedic, p. 328
2. ^ a b c Academia Română (1965–2010), Dicționarul limbii române (DLR), serie nouă, tom I–XIX, București: Editura Academiei Române, p. s.v. dornic
3. ^ Wiktionary, the free dictionary, https://en.wiktionary.org
4. ^ a b c d e Academia Română, Institutul de Lingvistică „Iorgu Iordan – Al. Rosetti” (2010), Micul dicționar academic, 2nd ed., 4 vols., București: Univers Enciclopedic Gold, p. 1, 747
5. ^ Scriban, August (1939), Dicționaru limbii românești (etimologii, înțelesuri, exemple, citațiuni, arhaizme, neologizme, provincializme), Iași: Presa Bună, p. 443
6. ^ Cihac, A. de (1870), Dictionnaire d'étymologie daco-romane I: Éléments latins comparés avec les autres langues romanes, Frankfurt am Main, p. 78
7. ^ a b Lesicon românescu-latinescu-ungurescu-nemțescu quare de mai mulți autori, în cursul a trideci și mai multor ani s-au lucrat (1825), Buda: Typographia Universității (the Lexicon of Buda, ed. Petru Maior et al.), p. 195
8. ^ a b Tiktin, Hariton (2000–2005), Rumänisch-deutsches Wörterbuch, 3rd ed., revised by Paul Miron and Elsa Lüder, 3 vols., Cluj-Napoca: Clusium, p. s.v. dornic
9. ^ a b Macrea, Dimitrie; Petrovici, Emil (coord.) (1955–1957), Dicționarul limbii romîne literare contemporane, 4 vols., București: Editura Academiei Republicii Populare Romîne, p. 2, 155
10. ^ a b c Panțu, Zach. C. (1929), Plantele cunoscute de poporul român. Vocabular botanic cuprinzând numirile române, franceze, germane și științifice, 2nd ed., București: Editura Casei Școalelor, p. 81
11. ^ Antonescu, G. M. (1875), Dictionariu romanu-francesu, Bucuresci: Typografia Curții (Lucrători Associați), p. 88