repara

Forms

repara (present repar, past participle reparat) first conjugation^[1]

Etymology

It is borrowed from French réparer, as MDA2, Tiktin and the DLR give it.^[2][3][4] DEX 2009, Marcu and Wiktionary name the Latin model as well, so that it is also borrowed from Latin reparō (“to restore, repair”).^[5][6][1] The French verb was borrowed from Latin about 1130; the Latin is formed with the iterative prefix re- on parō (“to prepare”).^[7]

Earliest recorded meaning

Tiktin and MDA2 date the first record to 1794, in the Calendariu, with the sense “to restore to good condition”.^[3][2]

Semantic evolution

Negulici's dictionary of neologisms of 1848 glosses it with the older reface and drege and gives it both present forms, repar and reparez.^[8] The DLR has the popular variant repera: „se ocupă a repera și a mai lăți localul” “he is busy repairing and enlarging the premises”.^[4] Besides the material sense, the verb means “to correct” and “to make good a loss”; in law, to pay damages.^[5][2]

Timeline

• 1794 – in the Calendariu, the first record.^[3][2]
• 1848 – a headword in Negulici, with the presents repar and reparez.^[8]
• 1893 – glossed French réparer and a drege by Damé.^[9]

Meanings

Verb

1. To repair, mend: to put something worn or broken back into working order;^[5][2] (popular) a drege.^[5][2]
2. (figurative) To correct, put right;^[5] (rare) to compensate.^[5]
3. (law) To make good a loss; to pay damages for harm or an insult.^[5][6]

Usage notes

The present is repar, regionally reparez; regional and popular variants are răpăra and repera.^[2]

References

1. ^ a b 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, 690
3. ^ a b c Tiktin, Hariton (2000–2005), Rumänisch-deutsches Wörterbuch, 3rd ed., revised by Paul Miron and Elsa Lüder, 3 vols., Cluj-Napoca: Clusium, p. s.v. repara
4. ^ a b Academia Română (1965–2010), Dicționarul limbii române (DLR), serie nouă, tom I–XIX, București: Editura Academiei Române, p. s.v. repara
5. ^ a b c d e f g DEX (2009), Dicționarul explicativ al limbii române [Explanatory dictionary of the Romanian language], Bucharest: Editura Univers Enciclopedic, p. 943
6. ^ a b Marcu, Florin (2000), Marele dicționar de neologisme, București: Saeculum Vizual, p. s.v. repara
7. ^ Rey, Alain, ed. (1992), Dictionnaire historique de la langue française, Paris: Le Robert, p. s.v. réparer
8. ^ a b Negulici, I. D. (1848), Vocabular romînesc de toate vorbele streine întroduse pînă acum în limba romînească și de toate cuvintele ce s-ar mai putea introduce încă, București, p. s.v. reparare
9. ^ Damé, Frédéric (1893–1895), Nouveau dictionnaire roumain-français, 4 vols., Bucarest: Imprimerie de l'État, p. s.v. repara