strup

Forms

strup n (plural strupuri)^[1]

Etymology

Ciorănescu takes it as inherited from Latin struppus (“strap, thong”), also stroppus, after Pascu and Candrea, and adds that the Latin word may have reached Romanian indirectly.^[2] The DEX gives the same Latin source.^[3][1] The DLR and MDA2 call the origin uncertain and only compare the Latin word.^[4][5] The Latin word is from Ancient Greek στρόφος (stróphos, “twisted band, cord”), from στρέφω (stréphō, “to twist”).^[1][6]

Ciorănescu compares Aromanian strop “pole”, which Pascu also derives from the Latin variant with -o-.^[2][7] Papahagi also derives the Aromanian word from the same Latin word.^[8]

Earliest recorded meaning

MDA2's first record is Damé's folk technical terms of 1898, where the word names a harness strap.^[5][9][4] Scriban gave it the sense “oar strap”.^[6]

Semantic evolution

Romanian dictionaries record the word only as a regional term of harness: a strap crossed over the horse's back and tied to the collar and the crupper, or one fixed under the tail.^[4][3] Ciorănescu also gives the sense “rope”, and Scriban the strap that holds an oar, a sense the DLR records after him.^[2][6][4]

Timeline

• 1898 – a harness strap in Damé's folk technical terms, the first record.^[5][4]
• 1939 – Scriban adds the sense “oar strap”.^[6][4]

Meanings

Noun

1. (regional) A harness strap crossed over the horse's back and fastened to the collar and the crupper; also the strap under the tail.^[4][3][5][1]
2. (regional) The strap or loop that holds an oar to the thole pin; also a rope.^[5][6][2]

Related words

• Latin struppus

Usage notes

A second strup (plural strupi), “scab of a wound”, is recorded in Bukovina; the DLR and MDA2 take it from Ukrainian струп (strup).^[4][5][10]

References

1. ^ a b c d 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. strup
3. ^ a b c DEX (2009), Dicționarul explicativ al limbii române [Explanatory dictionary of the Romanian language], Bucharest: Editura Univers Enciclopedic, p. 1062
4. ^ a b c d e f g h Academia Română (1965–2010), Dicționarul limbii române (DLR), serie nouă, tom I–XIX, București: Editura Academiei Române, p. s.v. strup
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. 2, 1024
6. ^ a b c d e Scriban, August (1939), Dicționaru limbii românești (etimologii, înțelesuri, exemple, citațiuni, arhaizme, neologizme, provincializme), Iași: Presa Bună, p. 1255
7. ^ Pascu, Giorge (1925), Dictionnaire étymologique macédoroumain, 2 vols. (I: Les éléments latins et romans; II: Les éléments grecs, turcs, slaves, albanais, germaniques, magyars, néologismes, créations immédiates, obscurs), Iași: Cultura Națională, p. 1, 162
8. ^ Papahagi, Tache (1963), Dicționarul dialectului aromân, general și etimologic, București: Editura Academiei Republicii Populare Romîne, p. 984
9. ^ Damé, Frédéric (1898), Încercare de terminologie poporană română, București: Stabilimentul Grafic I. V. Socecu, p. 50
10. ^ Bulgăr, Gheorghe; Constantinescu-Dobridor, Gheorghe (2002), Dicționar de arhaisme și regionalisme, 2 vols., București: Saeculum Vizual, p. s.v. strup