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geană
eyelash /ˈdʒe̯anə/
noun#4559 most common
Also: streak or glimmer of light (figurative, as in dawn light)
Example sentences
Am o geană în ochi.
I have an eyelash in my eye.
Ea are gene lungi și dese.
She has long, thick eyelashes.
Îmi pun rimel pe gene în fiecare dimineață.
I put mascara on my eyelashes every morning.
Fetița clipea din gene, somnoroasă.
The little girl blinked her eyelashes, sleepy.
La prima geană de lumină, satul se trezea încet.
At the first glimmer of light, the village slowly woke up.
Nu a închis geană toată noaptea, îngrijorat de rezultatul examenului.
He did not sleep a wink all night, worried about his exam result.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | geană | gene |
| Genitive | genei | genelor |
| Accusative | geană | gene |
| Vocative | geano | gene |
Word family
geneeyelashes (plural)
a clipi din geneto blink (verb phrase, literally 'to blink from the eyelashes')
a nu închide geanăto not sleep a wink (idiom, literally 'to not close an eyelash')
geana zorilorbreak of dawn (literally 'the eyelash of the dawn')
Etymology
The origin of geană is disputed. Romanian dictionaries list it as unclear, possibly a survival from the substrate language spoken in the region before Roman rule, since it lacks a clean Latin source despite its everyday, basic-vocabulary status. No confirmed cognates outside Romanian are established, so no reconstructed root can be given with confidence.
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