ON THE ROMANIAN TERMS ZĂVOI AND DUMBRAVĂ
ON THE ROMANIAN TERMS ZĂVOI AND DUMBRAVĂ

Summary/Abstract: In this article we draw the linguistic and extralinguistic monograph of two terms belonging to the Romanian forest terminology: ZĂVOI (“riverside coppice”) and DUMBRAVĂ (“grove”). We start from the lexicographic definitions and etymology, we follow the territorial spread, we comment on the forms and variants of the two terms as seen on the maps of the Regional Linguistic Atlas of Romania. We analyze their “echoes” in the toponymy, hydronymy and anthroponymy, also illustrating their expressive values.

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