frâmbiat

Forms

frâmbiat m or n (feminine singular frâmbiată, masculine plural frâmbiați, feminine/neuter plural frâmbiate)^[1]

Etymology

It is inherited from Latin fimbriātus (“fringed, adorned with ribbons”).^[2][3][1] Ciorănescu follows the DA here and compares frânghie.^[2] The adjective is formed from Latin fimbriae (“fibres, fringe”) + -ātus.^[1][4]

Semantic evolution

The Latin word described fringed garments and also people with a fringe of hair; in Romanian it is used of sheep with curly wool.^[4][2] Ștef's dictionary of Maramureș records it there.^[3] Wiktionary labels it archaic and regional.^[1]

Meanings

Adjective

1. (regional, Maramureș; of a sheep) Having curly wool.^[2][3][1]

References

1. ^ a b c d e f Wiktionary, the free dictionary, https://en.wiktionary.org
2. ^ a b c d 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. frîmbiat
3. ^ a b c Ștef, Dorin (2011), Dicționar de regionalisme și arhaisme din Maramureș, Baia Mare: Ethnologica, p. s.v. frâmbiat
4. ^ a b Glare, P. G. W., ed. (2012), Oxford Latin Dictionary, 2nd ed., Oxford: Oxford University Press