Poultry tax
Definition
An old office, tax, or tribute historically collected in the Romanian principalities based on the number of wings (poultry) owned by a rural household or a regional system of administrative marking.
Bilingual Equivalents
- Poultry tax
- Wing tribute
Grammatical & Source Details
| Inflection Type | Neuter noun, regular historical plural variations with standard genitive inflections. |
| Formation | Tax noun derived from the root 'aripă' using the traditional Romanian financial suffix '-it' denoting collective dues. |
| Spelling / Pronunciation | [a.ri.pa.ˈrit] |
| Source | Glossary of Medieval Administrative Documents and Wallachian Legal Codes |
Contextual Usage Examples
RO: În catastiful vistieriei de la Târgoviște era trecut suma adunată din acest ariparit în timpul toamnei.
EN: In the treasury ledger from Târgoviște was recorded the sum gathered from this wing tribute during the autumn.
RO: Țăranii s-au plâns domnitorului că strângătorul de dări a mărit acest ariparit fără nicio milă.
EN: The peasants complained to the ruling prince that the tax collector had increased this poultry tax without any mercy.
RO: Vechile hrisoave scuteau mănăstirile de la plata oricărui ariparit sau găinărit.
EN: The old charters exempted monasteries from paying any poultry tax or related duties.
Idioms & Phrases
Strângător de ariparit / Poultry tax collector
RO: Slujbaș curtean minor însărcinat cu inventarierea orătăniilor din sate și colectarea dărilor aferente.
EN: A minor court official tasked with indexing the poultry in villages and collecting the corresponding dues.
Pravilă de ariparit / Taxation rule for poultry
RO: Articol juridic medieval care stabilea exact câte păsări trebuiau date curții domnești de fiecare moșie.
EN: A medieval legal article establishing exactly how many birds had to be given to the princely court by each estate.
Scutire de ariparit / Exemption from poultry dues
RO: Privilegiu administrativ oferit prin hrisov domnesc satelor libere sau ctitoriilor boierești.
EN: An administrative privilege offered via princely charter to free villages or boyar foundations.
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