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duminică
Sunday /duˈmi.ni.kə/
noun#1676 most common
Also: on Sunday(s) (adverbial use, as "duminica"), the Lord's day (older, religious sense)
Example sentences
Astăzi este duminică.
Today is Sunday.
Duminică mergem la piață.
On Sunday we go to the market.
Nu lucrez niciodată duminica.
I never work on Sundays.
În fiecare duminică, familia noastră se adună la prânz.
Every Sunday, our family gathers for lunch.
Magazinele mici din cartier rămân închise duminica, spre deosebire de marile lanțuri comerciale.
Small neighborhood shops stay closed on Sundays, unlike the big retail chains.
Deși duminicile copilăriei mele păreau nesfârșite, abia acum, la distanță de ani, le înțeleg farmecul aparent lipsit de sens.
Though the Sundays of my childhood seemed endless, only now, years later, do I understand their seemingly pointless charm.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | duminică | duminici |
| Genitive | duminicii | duminicilor |
| Accusative | duminică | duminici |
| Vocative | duminică | duminici |
Word family
duminicaon Sunday(s), every Sunday
duminical, -ăof or for Sunday, dominical
domnlord, gentleman, misterdoamnălady, madamEtymology
Duminică comes from Latin dies dominica, "the Lord's day," the name early Christians gave to the day of the resurrection. Romanian kept this Latin root directly, as did its western relatives. The word survived largely unchanged in sound and meaning for two thousand years.
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