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cuib
nest /ˈkujb/
noun#4027 most common
Also: home (figurative, a cozy household), hideout or cell (figurative, e.g. a nest of spies)
Example sentences
Pasărea are un cuib.
The bird has a nest.
Cuibul este în copac.
The nest is in the tree.
Copiii au găsit un cuib de păsări în grădină.
The children found a bird's nest in the garden.
Familia și-a făcut un cuib cald în noua casă.
The family made a warm nest for themselves in the new house.
Ornitologii au observat că păsările își reconstruiesc cuiburile în fiecare primăvară.
Ornithologists observed that birds rebuild their nests every spring.
Deși orașul natal rămăsese doar o amintire, el simțea că acolo își avea cuibul sufletesc.
Although his hometown had become just a memory, he felt that was where his true home lay.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | cuib | cuiburi |
| Genitive | cuibului | cuiburilor |
| Accusative | cuib | cuiburi |
| Vocative | cuibule | cuiburilor |
Word family
cuibărito nestle, to settle snugly into a spot
încuibato nest, to make a home in
cuibușorlittle nest; also a term of endearment for a cozy home
cuibarnest egg (left in a henhouse)
Etymology
Cuib is an inherited Latin word, not a later borrowing, which makes it part of the old core of Romanian vocabulary. It traces back to a reconstructed Vulgar Latin noun, cubium, tied to the verb cubare, meaning to lie down or recline. The sense moved from a place where a body rests to the specific hollow where a bird settles and breeds.
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