sâmbure

See also: sãmbure

Romanian

Alternative forms

• sîmbure — old orthography

Etymology

One theory is that it comes from Albanian: compare sumbull, dialectal variant of standard thumbull (“button”), diminutive of thumb (“sting”). Alternatively, it may be a substratum word, akin to the Albanian one, or from a Vulgar Latin root *sumbola, symbola, from Latin symbolus, from Ancient Greek σύμβολον (súmbolon, “a sign by which one infers something; a mark, token, badge, ticket, tally, check, a signal, watchword, outward sign”). Compare Aromanian sãmburi, shambãrã, sãmburã.

Noun

sâmbure m (plural sâmburi)

1. pit (of a fruit)

   sâmbure de vișină ― sour cherry pit

2. (figurative) the central, core, or essential part of something

Declension

Declension of sâmbure

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) sâmbure	sâmburele	(niște) sâmburi	sâmburii
genitive/dative	(unui) sâmbure	sâmburelui	(unor) sâmburi	sâmburilor
vocative	sâmbure		sâmburilor

See also

• sămânță
• miez