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copac
tree /koˈpak/
noun#1063 most common
Example sentences
Copacul este mare.
The tree is big.
Copiii se joacă lângă copac.
The children play near the tree.
Toamna, frunzele copacului cad pe jos.
In autumn, the tree's leaves fall to the ground.
Copacii din parc au fost plantați acum cincizeci de ani.
The trees in the park were planted fifty years ago.
Rădăcinile copacului au deteriorat conducta de apă din subteran.
The tree's roots damaged the underground water pipe.
Deși copacul secular fusese lovit de trăsnet, a continuat să înmugurească în primăvara următoare.
Although the centuries-old tree had been struck by lightning, it continued to bud the following spring.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | copacul | copacii |
| Genitive | copacului | copacilor |
| Accusative | copacul | copacii |
| Vocative | copacule | copacilor |
Word family
Etymology
The origin of "copac" is not settled. Romanian dictionaries mark it as a word of unclear source, possibly surviving from a pre-Roman substrate language rather than from Latin. It exists alongside "arbore," the Latin-derived word for tree, and has become the plain, everyday term. No confirmed cognates outside Romanian are documented.
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