#dialectal form

• Permit — A regional form or archaic variant of the verb 'îngădui'; the act of permitting, tolerating, approving, or granting someone permission to do something. It can also express the idea of forgiving, condoning a fault, or granting a respite or extension to someone for fulfilling an obligation or paying a debt.
• Permitted — Having been allowed, permitted, tolerated, or accepted by an authority or another person; having received a respite, an extension, or a temporary delay for fulfilling an obligation or settling a debt. The term represents a past participle used as a descriptive adjective in old folk dialects, indicating a state of concession or clemency granted.
• That — A regional or archaic form of the feminine singular distance demonstrative adjective or pronoun, corresponding to the standard 'acea' or 'aceea' (that). It is used in dialectal speech or folk literature to designate a female person or an object that is not in the direct proximity of the speaker.
• This — An archaic or regional phonetic variant of the feminine singular proximity demonstrative adjective or pronoun, equivalent to the standard 'această' (this). This hybrid form preserves a specific palatalization or syllabic restructuring typical of old manuscripts and transitional dialects, used to indicate an object, person, or action in the immediate vicinity of the speaker.
• Holy water — A regional and popular phonetic variant (found predominantly in Moldavian and Transylvanian dialects) for the word agheasmă; water blessed by a priest during Christian rituals or services (such as the Epiphany). This ritualistic water is structurally invested by believers with healing, purifying, and evil-spirit-expelling properties, kept in homes as a sacred object.
• Holy water — A regional and archaic phonetic variant, encountered predominantly in certain Romanian folk dialects or old church texts, for the word agheasmă; water blessed by a priest through specific prayers and rituals. It is used by believers for purifying homes, healing diseases, and symbolically driving away obscure forces.
• Hearth niche — A rare regional or archaic form (encountered in certain Banat or western Transylvanian dialects) used to designate a small oven, a cast-iron cooking stove, or a niche built into the hearth wall for keeping food warm or drying wood; a structural recess. The term reflects phonetic borrowings or contaminations from the Central European area into traditional rural households.
• Hunting hound — A rare regional or archaic term (found in old hunting documents or peripheral dialects) used to designate a well-trained, brave, and vigorous hunting dog specialized in driving large game; a fierce hound. It reflects local adaptations of urging cries or specific titles from the traditional hunting environment.
• Hunting hound — A rare regional or archaic term (found in old hunting documents or peripheral dialects) used to designate a well-trained, brave, and vigorous hunting dog specialized in driving large game; a fierce hound. It reflects local adaptations of urging cries or specific titles from the traditional hunting environment.
• Aloiu — A regional, archaic, or popularly corrupted phonetic form for the word 'aloi' (alloy), or used specifically in certain local dialects to designate an inferior quality metallic mixture or a fluid composition. In old documents or the vocabulary of craftsmen from historical mining areas, the term reflects particularities of pronunciation and structural adaptation of borrowed technical terms.
• Alomaș — An archaic or regional term found in certain local dialects to describe a type of shepherd, baci's assistant, or sheepfold worker tasked with guarding and caring for a specific group of animals; alternatively, it may represent a corrupted or popularly derived variant of old pastoral terms. In the structural ethnographic context, the word reflects the traditional internal organization of labor in isolated mountain communities.
• Alor — An archaic, regional, or dialectal form used in certain idioms of the Romanian language for the third person plural possessive pronoun or adjective 'their / theirs'. In old church texts or historical documents from Moldavia and Maramureș, the term indicates the ownership of goods or lands by a previously mentioned group of people.
• Aloțel — A popular, regional, or archaic diminutive form used in the traditional language of craftsmen to designate a small fragment of steel, a small tool made of a hard ferrous alloy, or a thin soft steel wire. In the structural ethnographic context, the term reflects the metaphorical or descriptive designations used in old ironmongery and blacksmith workshops.
• Alotrii — An archaic or regional plural form used in certain local dialects to designate strangers, people coming from other places, or members of a non-native community (the archaic equivalent of the term 'allogenous'). In the context of historical rural social dynamics, the word expressed absolute alterity and the clear structural demarcation between the indigenous mass and people of a different clan.
• Alotriu — An archaic or regional adjectival form used in certain local dialects to describe something foreign, unusual, coming from elsewhere, or belonging to a non-native culture or community (the archaic equivalent of the term 'allogenous'). In the context of historical rural social dynamics, the word expressed alterity and clear structural demarcation relative to indigenous elements.
• Alov — An archaic or regional popular name used in certain dialects to designate a variety of bitter medicinal plant or, metaphorically and structurally, a frail vegetal element lacking vigor. In empirical medical folklore, the term was associated with herbal preparations used for easing internal ailments or as a general tonic.
• Alovă — The feminine form of alov or an archaic popular term used regionally to describe a small depression, a dry riverbed, or a small natural excavation shaped by runoff waters on slopes. In a local structural geomorphological context, the word served as a descriptive toponymic indicator for rugged landforms.
• Alpmus — An archaic or regional popular name extracted from old fishery lexicons, sometimes used to designate a small river fish or a variety of lamprey (larva or adult) adapted to cold mountain waters. In a local structural and ecological context, the term reflects empirical names used by fishing communities along the Carpathian valleys.
• Alsău — A regional or archaic term found in certain Transylvanian dialects to designate a low riverbed, a secondary drainage channel, or a flood-prone segment of a valley. In structural historical toponymy, the word often serves as a compounding element or baseline for names of localities or local micro-toponyms, indicating a settlement in a lower or floodplain area.
• Alsăui — A regional and archaic term found in certain Transylvanian dialects, signifying the action of lowering, placing in a lower position, or deepening (a ditch, a riverbed, or a pit); functionally derived from the noun 'alsău'. In a broader structural sense, it can also mean to channel or drain water from a flood-prone land using secondary beds.