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ceartă
quarrel (argument) /ˈtʃar.tə/
noun#2647 most common
Also: argument, fight (verbal), row
Example sentences
Ei au o ceartă.
They are having an argument.
Cearta lor a durat mult.
Their argument lasted a long time.
Nu vreau să încep o ceartă cu tine.
I don't want to start an argument with you.
Certurile dintre frați sunt normale în copilărie.
Quarrels between siblings are normal in childhood.
Motivul certei a rămas necunoscut tuturor.
The reason for the quarrel remained unknown to everyone.
Deși cearta părea stinsă, resentimentele mocneau sub cenușa reconcilierii aparente.
Although the quarrel seemed extinguished, resentments smoldered under the ashes of the apparent reconciliation.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ceartă | certuri |
| Genitive | certe | certuri |
| Accusative | ceartă | certuri |
| Vocative | ceartă | certuri |
Word family
a (se) certato argue, to quarrel, to scold
certăreț / certăreațăquarrelsome
certatat odds, on bad terms (having quarreled)
Etymology
Ceartă is a deverbal noun from the Romanian verb a certa, meaning to argue or scold. That verb descends from Latin certare, to contend or struggle, which itself was built on certus, meaning decided or settled. Certus in turn was the old participle of cernere, to sift or discern. So the word traces a path from separating grain to settling a dispute to a modern verbal fight.
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