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cârlig
hook /kɨrˈliɡ/
noun#5748 most common
Also: catch (a hidden problem in a deal), crook (of a curved tool)
Example sentences
Pun haina în cârlig.
I put the coat on the hook.
Copilul a prins un pește cu cârligul.
The child caught a fish with the hook.
Ușa de la baie are un cârlig ruginit.
The bathroom door has a rusty hook.
A agățat rucsacul de cârligul din perete.
He hung the backpack on the hook on the wall.
Bătrânul se sprijinea într-un baston cu mânerul în formă de cârlig.
The old man leaned on a cane with a handle shaped like a hook.
Oferta pare avantajoasă, dar sigur are un cârlig.
The offer looks appealing, but it surely has a catch.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | cârligul | cârligele |
| Genitive | cârligului | cârligelor |
| Accusative | cârligul | cârligele |
| Vocative | cârligule | cârligelor |
Word family
încârligato curl, to hook, to bend into a hook shape
cârligathooked, curved like a hook
cârlionța curl (of hair)
cârjăcrutch
Etymology
The origin of cârlig is disputed among Romanian etymologists. It belongs to a small cluster of native words describing curved or crooked shapes, alongside cârn (snub, curved) and cârjă (crutch), which some linguists trace to a pre-Roman substrate and others to Slavic borrowing. No source is settled enough to state with confidence.
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