strugure

• strugur — colloquial, northern
• strugar — rare
• strug — Besarabia

Origin uncertain. Many theories have been proposed. Possibly a singularised plural of strug (now a regional term found in Bessarabia), which may be related to strung (“lathe”), strunji or the verb struji (“to clean feathers, branches, cobs of corn, etc.; to shave or scrape off; to chisel”), a regionalism of Slavic origin, possibly borrowed from Middle Bulgarian стръжити (strŭžiti), стругати (strugati) (whence Bulgarian стръга́ (strǎgá), стръжа́ (strǎžá, “to flake off, chip off; rub”).[1] For the semantic development, compare: Spanish raspa (“bunch of grapes”), from the verb raspar (“scrape; file or sand down”). Alternatively, strug may be borrowed from Ancient Greek τρύγος (trúgos), τρυγή (trugḗ, “vine harvest”).[2] Other less likely etymologies include a Latin *stribulus or *strubulus, a Gepid thrubilo or struwilo, corresponding to German Träubel (“grape hyacinth”),[3] or a substratum origin (although the word doesn't seem to have an Albanian or other Balkan equivalent).[4] Replaced Old Romanian auă, from Latin uva.

• IPA^(key): /ˈst̪ɾu.ɡu.ɾe/

strugure m (plural struguri)

1. grape

   Synonym: (obsolete) auă

   Vinul se obține din struguri.

   Wine is made from grapes.

2. bunch, cluster (of grapes)

   Synonyms: ciorchine, scălan

• strugurel (diminutive)
• struguraș (diminutive)