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dur
hard, tough /ˈdur/
adjective#1075 most common
Also: harsh, stern, severe
Example sentences
Scaunul acesta este dur.
This chair is hard.
Pâinea a devenit dură peste noapte.
The bread became hard overnight.
A avut o zi dură la serviciu.
She had a hard day at work.
Antrenamentul a fost foarte dur azi.
The training was very tough today.
Criticii au fost duri cu noul roman.
The critics were harsh on the new novel.
Autoritățile au impus măsuri dure împotriva corupției.
The authorities imposed harsh measures against corruption.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | dur (m) / dură (f) | duri (m) / dure (f) |
| Genitive | dur (m) / dure (f) | duri (m) / dure (f) |
| Accusative | dur (m) / dură (f) | duri (m) / dure (f) |
| Vocative | dur (m) / dură (f) | duri (m) / dure (f) |
Word family
duritatehardness
durabildurable, lasting
a îndurato endure, bear
Etymology
Romanian "dur" was borrowed from French "dur" during the 19th-century wave of relatinization, when Romanian scholars pulled in Western Romance vocabulary to modernize the language. French "dur" in turn descends from Latin "durus", meaning hard or tough. This makes "dur" a later addition alongside older, directly inherited Latin words, rather than an unbroken survival from spoken Latin in the region.
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