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haină
coat /ˈhaj.nə/
noun#549 most common
Also: garment, piece of clothing, clothes (plural: haine)
Example sentences
Am o haină verde.
I have a green coat.
Haina ta este pe scaun.
Your coat is on the chair.
Îmbrac haina înainte să ies din casă.
I put on my coat before leaving the house.
Ea și-a agățat haina în cuier.
She hung her coat on the coat rack.
Trebuie să-mi cumpăr o haină groasă înainte de iarnă.
I need to buy myself a thick coat before winter.
Deși haina era veche, croiala ei impecabilă îi dădea un aer elegant.
Although the coat was old, its impeccable cut gave her an elegant air.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | haină | haine |
| Genitive | haine | haine |
| Accusative | haină | haine |
| Vocative | haino | haine |
Word family
hainăcoat, garment (singular)
haineclothes (plural, general word for clothing)
hăinuțălittle garment or dress, often for a child (diminutive)
Etymology
Haină stands apart from most core Romanian vocabulary because it does not come from Latin. Its origin is disputed among etymologists. Some trace it to Cuman, a Turkic language once spoken in medieval Moldova, while others treat it as coming from an unclear pre-Romanian source. No firmly established cognates exist outside Romanian, so none are listed here.
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