fierătaie

Forms

fierătaie f (uncountable)^[1]

Etymology

Candrea–Densusianu and the DA explain it as an old derivative, inherited from Vulgar Latin *ferratalia, formed on ferrātus (“of iron, iron-bound”), which is found again in Occitan ferratalha.^[2][3][4][1] Candrea–Densusianu also compare French ferraille, which may be contracted from a similar form.^[2] MDA2 instead takes it as a Romanian formation, from Romanian fierăt + -aie, from the regional fierăt “ironware”, itself from fier.^[5][5] The Latin ferrum (“iron”) is a loanword from an unknown source.^[6]

Earliest recorded meaning

The word was first recorded in 1901, in Rădulescu-Codin's glossary of Muscel, with the sense “many tools of iron”.^[5][3][2]

Semantic evolution

It remained a regional word of Muntenia and Oltenia, recorded in Muscel and Romanați, for a mass of iron objects or tools.^[2][4][7] The dictionaries now mark it as rare and old.^[5][1]

Timeline

• 1901 – the first record, in Rădulescu-Codin's Muscel glossary.^[5][3]
• 1931 – the CADE gives it as a word of Oltenia.^[4]

Meanings

Noun

1. (regional, archaic) A mass of iron objects or tools; ironware, scrap iron.^[5][4][7][1]

Related words

• fier
• fierărie
• fierăt

Usage notes

The DA and Candrea–Densusianu record it as a plural noun.^[3][2]

References

1. ^ a b c d Wiktionary, the free dictionary, https://en.wiktionary.org
2. ^ a b c d e Candrea, I.-A.; Densusianu, Ov. (1907–1914), Dicționarul etimologic al limbii române: elementele latine (A–Putea), București, p. s.v. fierătaie
3. ^ a b c d Academia Română (1913–1949), Dicționarul limbii române (DA), ed. Sextil Pușcariu, tom I (A–B, C, D–De) and tom II (F–I, J–Lojniță), București: Socec / Universul / Monitorul Oficial și Imprimeriile Statului; page scans at cflr-scans.solirom.ro, p. s.v. fierătaie
4. ^ a b c d Candrea, I.-A.; Adamescu, Gh. (1926–1931), Dicționarul enciclopedic ilustrat „Cartea Românească”, București: Cartea Românească, p. s.v. fierătaie
5. ^ a b c d e f Academia Română, Institutul de Lingvistică „Iorgu Iordan – Al. Rosetti” (2010), Micul dicționar academic, 2nd ed., 4 vols., București: Univers Enciclopedic Gold, p. 1, 902
6. ^ de Vaan, Michiel (2008), Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages, Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series 7, Leiden; Boston: Brill
7. ^ a b Bulgăr, Gheorghe; Constantinescu-Dobridor, Gheorghe (2002), Dicționar de arhaisme și regionalisme, 2 vols., București: Saeculum Vizual, p. s.v. fierătaie