cimpoi
Romanian
Alternative forms
- cimpoaie
- ciumpoi
Etymology
Probably from a Vulgar Latin root *centipollium, from Latin centipellium, centipellio (“third stomach of a ruminant”) < centum + pellium, as bagpipes were made from animal stomachs. Compare also Italian centopelle (“tripe”). Alternatively but less likely from the variant form cimpoaie, perhaps from an earlier *șimpoaie and this from Latin symphonia (compare Italian zampogna, Piedmontese čamporña) or Hungarian csimpolya, which seems more likely to have come from the Romanian word instead.
Noun
cimpoi n (plural cimpoaie)
- bagpipe
- stomach of a ruminant
- bellows
Declension
declension of cimpoi
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
| nominative/accusative | (un) cimpoi | cimpoiul | (niște) cimpoaie | cimpoaiele |
| genitive/dative | (unui) cimpoi | cimpoiului | (unor) cimpoaie | cimpoaielor |
| vocative | cimpoiule | cimpoaielor | ||
Synonyms
- (bagpipe): gaidă
- (bellows): foale, burduf
Derived terms
- cimpoiaș
- cimpoier