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adăpost
shelter /a.dəˈpost/
noun#2147 most common
Also: refuge, haven
Example sentences
Câinele are un adăpost în curte.
The dog has a shelter in the yard.
Ne-am dus la adăpost când a început ploaia.
We went to shelter when the rain started.
Orașul a construit mai multe adăposturi pentru oamenii fără casă.
The city built several shelters for homeless people.
În timpul bombardamentelor, oamenii se refugiau în adăpostul din pivniță.
During the bombings, people took refuge in the shelter in the basement.
Adăpostul antiaerian de sub bloc a fost transformat într-un depozit.
The air-raid shelter under the building was turned into a storage room.
Pădurea le oferea animalelor un adăpost natural împotriva prădătorilor și a intemperiilor.
The forest gave the animals natural shelter from predators and harsh weather.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | adăpostul | adăposturile |
| Genitive | adăpostului | adăposturilor |
| Accusative | adăpostul | adăposturile |
| Vocative | adăpostule | adăposturilor |
Word family
a adăpostito shelter, to house, to take in
adăpostitsheltered, housed
neadăpostitunsheltered, homeless
adăpostirethe act of sheltering or housing
Etymology
Adăpost is the noun tied to the verb a adăposti, meaning to shelter or take in. Romanian dictionaries mark its deeper origin as uncertain, with some linking it to old Slavic vocabulary rather than Latin. The word entered common use for both physical shelters and the act of protection, and it kept that dual sense into modern Romanian.
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