• sterpu

Possibly ultimately from Byzantine Greek στέριφος (stériphos). Alternatively, it may be derived from Vulgar Latin *exstirpus or *extirpus. Compare Romanian sterp, Albanian shterp, shterpë, probably from the same source, and Venetan sterpa, Friulian sterpe.

sterp m (plural sterchi, feminine equivalent sterpe, feminine plural sterpi)

1. barren, lifeless, desolate
2. sterile, infertile

From Byzantine Greek στέριφος (stériphos), borrowed from Vulgar Latin *exstirpus, or directly from Vulgar Latin, from Latin exstirpo (“to root out”).

Compare Aromanian sterpu, Albanian shterp, Sicilian strippa, Venetan sterpo, Friulian sterpe.

• IPA^(key): /sterp/

sterp m or n (feminine singular stearpă, masculine plural sterpi, feminine/neuter plural sterpe)

1. desolate, lifeless, barren
2. sterile, infertile

• dezolant, sărac, deșert, steril