Dilapidated house
Definition
A rare regional term used in popular dialects to designate a dilapidated, ruined, old house or a dwelling in an advanced state of structural degradation. The word belongs to the Romanian dialectal lexicography, preserving archaic nuances specific to isolated rural communities where descriptive terms for households directly reflected material conditions.
Bilingual Equivalents
- Dilapidated house
- Ramshackle dwelling
Grammatical & Source Details
| Inflection Type | Feminine noun, regular plural variations with traditional terminal inflections. |
| Formation | Of unknown structural etymology, functionally preserved within historical ethnographic archives. |
| Spelling / Pronunciation | [ba.ˈkə.zə] |
| Source | The Romanian Academy Lexicon of Dialectal and Regional Variants |
Contextual Usage Examples
RO: La marginea satului părăsit se mai zărea doar o bacăză veche, cu acoperișul prăbușit sub greutatea zăpezii.
EN: At the edge of the abandoned village, only an old dilapidated house could be seen, its roof collapsed under the weight of the snow.
RO: Bătrânul refuza să plece din acea bacăză, amintindu-și de vremurile în care curtea era plină de viață.
EN: The old man refused to leave that ramshackle dwelling, remembering the times when the yard was full of life.
RO: Cercetătorii au documentat tipul de arhitectură vernaculară analizând bârnele rămase din ultima bacăză din regiune.
EN: The researchers documented the type of vernacular architecture by analyzing the logs remaining from the last ruined house in the region.
Idioms & Phrases
O bacăză de casă / A hovel of a house
RO: Expresie depreciativă folosită pentru a sublinia starea extremă de mizerie sau degradare a unei locuințe.
EN: A depreciative expression used to emphasize the extreme state of misery or degradation of a dwelling.
A ajunge o bacăză / To become a ruin
RO: Locuțiune verbală regională ce indică procesul de degradare ireversibilă a unei construcții lăsate în paragină.
EN: A regional verbal phrase indicating the process of irreversible degradation of a building left in disrepair.
Vechile bacăze / The old shacks
RO: Referire colectivă la așezările rudimentare sau temporare folosite în trecut de păstori sau tăietorii de lemne.
EN: A collective reference to the rudimentary or temporary settlements used in the past by shepherds or lumberjacks.
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