mărăcine
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mărăcine¹
Rhymes with -ine
Where it comes from
Unknown; often considered to be from a Vulgar Latin *marracīna, *marrūcīna, [Term?] derived from Latin marra (“thorn”), but possibly also from an alteration of Latin malitia, with the influence of the Romanian suffix -ciune. Compare Spanish maleza. Compare also the related Albanian mërqinje, with the same meaning as the Romanian word. Cognate with Aromanian mãrãtsini.
noun mărăcini · mărăcine · mărăcinele · mărăcinii
- bramble, briar, brake
Mărăcine²
Where it comes from
From mărăcine.
proper noun lui Mărăcine
- a surname
In English
- thornbush thorny shrub or bush
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