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ah (exclamation of surprise, realization, pain, or longing) /ah/
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Also: oh, ouch
Example sentences
Ah, ce frumos!
Ah, how beautiful!
Ah, am uitat cheile acasă.
Ah, I forgot the keys at home.
Ah, iar a început să plouă.
Ah, it started raining again.
Ah, mă doare capul rău de tot.
Ah, my head hurts really badly.
Ah, dacă aș fi știut mai devreme, nu plecam.
Ah, if I had known earlier, I wouldn't have left.
Ah, zise ea încet, de parcă toată oboseala anilor s-ar fi strâns într-un singur oftat.
Ah, she said quietly, as if the weariness of years had gathered into a single sigh.
Word family
aoleuoh no, ouch (stronger dismay)
vaioh dear, woeofugh, sigh of weariness or annoyance
ahaaha, expressing sudden understanding
Etymology
Ah is a spontaneous vocal exclamation rather than a word built from regular sound change. Latin already had the same interjection ah with the same range of meanings, pain, surprise, or sorrow, and Romanian simply inherited it unchanged as part of everyday speech. Because interjections often arise directly from breath and emotion, they resist normal etymological tracing back to a single root.
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