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genunchi
knee /dʒeˈnuŋki/
noun#1866 most common
Example sentences
Mă doare genunchiul.
My knee hurts.
Copilul a căzut și s-a lovit la genunchi.
The child fell and hurt his knee.
Ea a îngenuncheat pe un genunchi ca să-i lege șiretul.
She knelt on one knee to tie his shoelace.
După accident, genunchii îi tremurau de frică.
After the accident, his knees were shaking with fear.
Medicul i-a recomandat o operație la genunchi din cauza artrozei.
The doctor recommended knee surgery because of arthritis.
Bătrânul înainta cu greu, sprijinit în baston, cu genunchii înțepeniți de reumatism.
The old man moved forward with difficulty, leaning on his cane, his knees stiff with rheumatism.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | genunchi | genunchi |
| Genitive | genunchiului | genunchilor |
| Accusative | genunchi | genunchi |
| Vocative | genunchiule | genunchilor |
Word family
genunchiknee
a îngenuncheato kneel; to bring to one's knees
îngenuncheatkneeling, kneeled
genunchierăknee brace or kneepad
în genunchion one's knees (adverbial phrase)
Etymology
Genunchi comes from the Latin genuculum, a diminutive of genu, meaning knee. The word passed through spoken Latin into Romanian with regular sound changes, and the diminutive ending settled into the modern form. The same Latin root gave French genou and Italian ginocchio, though each language reshaped the diminutive differently.
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