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iarnă
winter /ˈjar.nə/
noun#2155 most common
Example sentences
Afară e iarnă.
It's winter outside.
Iarna ninge des.
In winter, it snows often.
În fiecare iarnă mergem la schi.
Every winter we go skiing.
Iarna aceasta a fost neobișnuit de blândă.
This winter has been unusually mild.
Copiii așteptau cu nerăbdare prima zăpadă a iernii.
The children eagerly awaited the first snow of winter.
De-a lungul iernilor grele, satele izolate din munți își pierdeau adesea legătura cu restul țării.
During harsh winters, isolated mountain villages often lost their connection with the rest of the country.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | iarnă | ierni |
| Genitive | iernii | iernilor |
| Accusative | iarnă | ierni |
| Vocative | iarnă | ierni |
Word family
a iernato winter, to hibernate, to spend the winter
iernarethe act of wintering or hibernating
iernaticwintry, of or relating to winter
ierniwinters (plural form)
Etymology
Iarnă comes from Latin hiberna, the neuter plural of hibernus, meaning wintry or of winter. In Vulgar Latin this plural form was reanalyzed as a feminine singular noun, a common shift in the transition to Romanian. The underlying Latin root traces back to hiems, the standard Latin word for winter.
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