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cot
elbow /ˈkot/
noun#5614 most common
Also: bend (in a road, river, or pipe), elbow joint (technical/plumbing)
Example sentences
Mă doare cotul.
My elbow hurts.
Copilul plânge pentru că s-a lovit la cot.
The child is crying because he hit his elbow.
S-a sprijinit cu coatele de masă și a oftat.
He leaned his elbows on the table and sighed.
Drumul face un cot brusc la ieșirea din pădure.
The road makes a sharp bend at the edge of the forest.
Meandrele râului formează un cot larg lângă vechea moară.
The river's meanders form a wide bend near the old mill.
Și-a croit drum prin mulțimea agitată dând din coate, fără să-i pese de nimeni.
He shoved his way through the restless crowd, elbowing people aside without a care.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | cot | coate |
| Genitive | cotului | coatelor |
| Accusative | cot | coate |
| Vocative | cotule | coatelor |
Word family
cotito turn or bend (of a road, path, or direction)
cotiturăa bend, turn, or twist (literal or figurative)
cotierăarmrest
a da din coateto elbow one's way through, to push ahead aggressively
coate-goalepoor person, someone with threadbare clothes (literally "bare elbows")
Etymology
Romanian "cot" comes from Latin "cubitus," meaning elbow or forearm. The same Latin root gives Italian "gomito," French "coude," and Spanish "codo," all descendants that took different sound-shift paths. Latin "cubitus" also underlies the English word "cubit," an ancient unit of length based on the forearm. Romanian trimmed the word down to a single syllable over centuries of sound change.
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