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iarbă-usturoasă

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8 syllables
15 characters
Romanian
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8syllables

iarbăusturoasă

Linguistic Analysis

Syllables

i-ar-bă-us-tu-ro-a-să

Pronunciation

/ˈjar.bə.us.tu.ro̯a.sə/

Stress

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Morphemes

iarbă + -oasă

The adjective *iarbă-usturoasă* (herbaceous) is divided into i-ar-bă-us-tu-ro-a-să, with stress on 'ro'. It's formed from the root *iarbă* and the suffix *-oasă*, following Romanian syllabification rules based on vowel onsets and maximizing onsets.

Definitions

adjective
  1. 1

    Having the characteristics of herbs; herby, herbaceous.

    Herbaceous, herby

    “Un miros *iarbă-usturoasă* plutea în aer.”

    “Această salată are un gust *iarbă-usturoasă*.”

    syn:ierbosvegetal
    ant:sinteticartificial

Stress pattern

Primary stress falls on the antepenultimate syllable 'ro'.

Syllables

8
i/i/
ar/ar/
bă/bə/
us/us/
tu/tu/
ro/ro/
a/a/
să/sə/

i — Open syllable. ar — Open syllable. bă — Open syllable. us — Closed syllable. tu — Open syllable. ro — Closed syllable, stressed. a — Open syllable. să — Open syllable

Word Parts

root

iarbă

Latin *herba* - grass, herb

suf

-oasă

Latin *-ōsus* - adjective forming suffix meaning 'full of'

Similar Words

fru­moa­săvi­o­a­săi­ar­bă

Vowel Onset

Syllables generally begin with vowels.

Maximize Onsets

Consonant clusters are broken to create pronounceable onsets.

Stress Placement

Stress typically falls on the antepenultimate syllable in words ending in *-oasă*.

  • The word is a compound adjective formed from *iarbă* and *-oasă*. Syllabification respects morpheme boundaries.
Analysis by gemma3:27b · 6/9/2025

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