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dimineată
morning /di.mi.ˈnea.t͡sə/
noun#949 most common
Also: forenoon, the morning hours
Example sentences
Bună dimineața!
Good morning!
Mă trezesc devreme în fiecare dimineață.
I wake up early every morning.
Azi dimineață am întârziat la serviciu.
This morning I was late for work.
Diminețile de toamnă sunt răcoroase și liniștite.
Autumn mornings are cool and quiet.
Lumina dimineții se strecura printre perdele.
The morning light crept through the curtains.
De dimineață, orașul era învăluit într-o ceață deasă care abia se ridica spre prânz.
Early in the morning, the city was wrapped in a thick fog that barely lifted by noon.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | dimineață | dimineți |
| Genitive | dimineți | dimineți |
| Accusative | dimineață | dimineți |
| Vocative | dimineață | dimineți |
Word family
dimineațain the morning (definite form used adverbially)
de dimineațăearly in the morning
mâinetomorrow (a distant relative of dimineață)
matinalof the morning, early-rising
Etymology
Dimineață descends from the Vulgar Latin phrase de mane, meaning "in the morning," with a Romanian nominal suffix added to turn the phrase into a noun. The same Latin base mane gave Romanian its word for "tomorrow," mâine, through a separate formation. So the two Romanian words are relatives that split in meaning: one kept the sense of morning, the other shifted to the next day.
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