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brad
fir tree /brad/
noun#2411 most common
Also: Christmas tree (informal, via bradul de Crăciun), spruce (colloquial, imprecise use)
Example sentences
Bradul este verde.
The fir tree is green.
De Crăciun, punem globuri pe brad.
At Christmas, we put ornaments on the fir tree.
În pădure sunt mulți brazi înalți.
In the forest there are many tall fir trees.
Am cumpărat un brad mic pentru sufragerie.
I bought a small fir tree for the living room.
Acei brazi seculari cresc doar la altitudine mare.
Those centuries-old fir trees grow only at high altitude.
Coroana bradului, încărcată de zăpadă, se apleca spre pământul înghețat.
The fir tree's crown, laden with snow, bent toward the frozen ground.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | brad | brazi |
| Genitive | bradului | brazilor |
| Accusative | brad | brazi |
| Vocative | bradule | brazilor |
Word family
brăduțsmall fir tree (diminutive), often used for a Christmas tree
brădeta stand or grove of fir trees
brădișfir grove, fir thicket
brădescrelating to fir trees
Etymology
Brad is one of the small set of Romanian words that come from the pre-Roman substrate language spoken in the region before Latin arrived, rather than from Latin itself. Linguists point to it as a classic case because it has a close match in Albanian, a language thought to descend from the same substrate family. No Latin source explains the word, so its root predates the Romanization of Dacia.
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