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corabie
ship /koˈrabie/
noun#4806 most common
Also: sailing ship, vessel
Example sentences
Corabia este mare.
The ship is big.
Corabia pleacă din port.
The ship leaves the port.
Marinarii urcă pe corabie înainte de călătorie.
The sailors board the ship before the journey.
Copiii au desenat o corabie cu pânze albe.
The children drew a ship with white sails.
În depărtare se zăreau corăbiile pescarilor, legănate de valuri.
In the distance, the fishermen's ships could be seen, rocked by the waves.
Legenda povestește despre o corabie fantomă ce rătăcește de secole pe mările înghețate ale nordului.
The legend tells of a ghost ship that has wandered for centuries on the frozen seas of the north.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | corabie | corăbii |
| Genitive | corăbii | corăbii |
| Accusative | corabie | corăbii |
| Vocative | corabie | corăbii |
Word family
corăbiersailor, mariner
corăbioarălittle ship (diminutive)
corăbițălittle ship (alternate diminutive)
Etymology
Corabie entered Romanian from Old Church Slavonic korabľь, meaning ship. It is part of a broader layer of Slavic vocabulary that entered Romanian through centuries of contact with Slavic-speaking neighbors and through Church Slavonic, once the language of Orthodox liturgy and administration in the Romanian lands. The ultimate origin of the Slavic word itself is debated among linguists, so no single Proto-Indo-European root can be given with confidence.
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