adulmeca
Romanian
Alternative forms
- adurmeca, adulma
Etymology
Unknown. Possibly from a Vulgar Latin root *adosmicāre, from *adosmāre, from Ancient Greek ὀσμάω (osmáō), which would make sense semantically but is difficult to connect phonetically. Compare Italian ormare, Spanish husmear, husmar probably coming from a Latin *osmāre, ultimately from Ancient Greek. It may be linked with urmă through an *adormicāre. Another less likely etymology may be *adolmicāre, ultimately from oleō. A related term is the obsolete olm.
Verb
a adulmeca (third-person singular present adulmecă, past participle adulmecat) 1st conj.
- to sniff, scent, sense or trace through smell (an animal, person, etc.)
Conjugation
conjugation of adulmeca (first conjugation, no infix)
| infinitive | a adulmeca | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | adulmecând | ||||||
| past participle | adulmecat | ||||||
| number | singular | plural | |||||
| person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | |
| indicative | eu | tu | el/ea | noi | voi | ei/ele | |
| present | adulmec | adulmeci | adulmecă | adulmecăm | adulmecați | adulmecă | |
| imperfect | adulmecam | adulmecai | adulmeca | adulmecam | adulmecați | adulmecau | |
| simple perfect | adulmecai | adulmecași | adulmecă | adulmecarăm | adulmecarăți | adulmecară | |
| pluperfect | adulmecasem | adulmecaseși | adulmecase | adulmecaserăm | adulmecaserăți | adulmecaseră | |
| subjunctive | eu | tu | el/ea | noi | voi | ei/ele | |
| present | să adulmec | să adulmeci | să adulmece | să adulmecăm | să adulmecați | să adulmece | |
| imperative | — | tu | — | — | voi | — | |
| affirmative | adulmecă | adulmecați | |||||
| negative | nu adulmeca | nu adulmecați | |||||
Related terms
- olm
See also
- mirosi