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putină
wooden tub (vat) /puˈtinə/
noun#2737 most common
Also: cask, vat, butter churn
Example sentences
Aceasta este o putină.
This is a wooden tub.
Bunica ține varza murată într-o putină.
Grandma keeps pickled cabbage in a tub.
Am cumpărat o putină nouă pentru murături.
I bought a new tub for pickles.
Putina din pivniță mirosea a saramură.
The tub in the cellar smelled of brine.
Meșterul dogar a construit o putină din doage de stejar, legate cu cercuri de fier.
The cooper built a tub from oak staves, bound with iron hoops.
În putina veche din șură, țăranca păstra untul proaspăt bătut, ferit de arșița verii.
In the old tub in the shed, the peasant woman kept freshly churned butter, shielded from the summer heat.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | putină | putini |
| Genitive | putini | putinilor |
| Accusative | putină | putini |
| Vocative | putino | putinilor |
Word family
putineismall butter churn
putinuțălittle wooden tub
putinarcooper, maker of tubs (rare, regional)
Etymology
Putină names a wooden tub or vat, used in the Romanian countryside for salting cabbage, curing meat, or churning butter. Romanian dictionaries trace the word to a Slavic source, comparing it with Bulgarian and Serbo-Croatian putina, part of a large layer of Slavic farm and household vocabulary absorbed into Romanian. It has no connection to puțin (little), despite the similar sound.
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