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dor
longing /ˈdor/
noun#364 most common
Also: yearning, homesickness, ache of missing someone
Example sentences
Mi-e dor de tine.
I miss you.
Îi este dor de familia lui.
He misses his family.
Ne este dor de vacanța de vara trecută.
We miss last summer's vacation.
Dorul de casă m-a făcut să plâng.
Homesickness made me cry.
Doruri vechi mi-au revenit în minte când am auzit cântecul acela.
Old longings came back to my mind when I heard that song.
Dorul acela nestăvilit de patrie i-a marcat toată opera poetică.
That unstoppable longing for the homeland marked his entire poetic work.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | dorul | dorurile |
| Genitive | dorului | dorurilor |
| Accusative | dorul | dorurile |
| Vocative | dorule | dorurilor |
Word family
a-i fi dorto miss, to long for someone or something
a dorito wish, to want
dorniceager, keen
dorințăwish, desiredor de casăhomesickness
Etymology
Dor descends from Latin dolor, meaning pain or grief, tied to the verb dolere, to suffer. Over centuries the sense in Romanian softened from physical or emotional pain toward a bittersweet longing for an absent person, place, or time. The same Latin root spread across the Romance languages, each picking a slightly different shade of meaning.
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