scărmăna

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scărmăna

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Inherited from Vulgar Latin *excarmināre, from Latin ex- + carminō (“to card”), from carmen (“card for wool, flax”). Compare Aromanian scarmin, scãrminari, Calabrese scarminare, Spanish escarmenar, Italian scarmigliare.

verb a scărmăna 1st conjugation · scarmănă · scărmănat · a scărmăna · scărmănând

to card (wool), comb
Similar: carda, dărăci, pieptăna
to pluck (feathers)
Similar: smulge
figuratively to whack, pommel someone
Similar: bate, lovi

In English

card to use carding device
pluck to remove feathers from a bird

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MLA

"scărmăna." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/ro/sc%C4%83rm%C4%83na. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

scărmăna. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/ro/sc%C4%83rm%C4%83na

Chicago

"scărmăna." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/ro/sc%C4%83rm%C4%83na.

BibTeX

@misc{sca_rma_na_2026,
  title = {scărmăna},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ro/sc%C4%83rm%C4%83na},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}