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aripă
wing /aˈri.pə/
noun#2422 most common
Also: wing (of a building), wing (faction, as in politics)
Example sentences
Pasărea are aripi mari.
The bird has big wings.
Fluturele își mișcă aripile ușor.
The butterfly moves its wings gently.
Avionul are o aripă ruptă.
The airplane has a broken wing.
Aripa stângă a clădirii a fost renovată anul trecut.
The left wing of the building was renovated last year.
Politicianul aparține aripii radicale a partidului.
The politician belongs to the radical wing of the party.
Sub aripa protectoare a mentorului său, tânărul artist a înflorit rapid.
Under the protective wing of his mentor, the young artist flourished quickly.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | aripă | aripi |
| Genitive | aripii | aripilor |
| Accusative | aripă | aripi |
| Vocative | aripo | aripilor |
Word family
aripioarălittle wing; fin (of a fish)
aripatwinged
înaripatwinged; figuratively, elated or inspired
a înaripato give wings to; to inspire
Etymology
The origin of aripă is not settled. Some scholars trace it to Latin ala, wing, through an unrecorded intermediate form, while others treat it as a word inherited from the pre-Roman substrate spoken in the region before Latin arrived. Other Romance languages kept ala more directly, as in French aile, Italian ala, and Spanish ala, which makes aripă an outlier in the family. No confirmed cognate list exists, so none is given here.
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