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iepure
hare /ˈje.pu.re/
noun#2608 most common
Also: rabbit, fare-dodger (slang, someone riding public transit without a ticket)
Example sentences
Iepurele este alb.
The hare is white.
Am văzut un iepure în pădure.
I saw a hare in the forest.
Iepurele fuge foarte repede când se sperie.
The hare runs very fast when it gets scared.
Vânătorul a urmărit iepurele prin câmp până s-a ascuns într-o vizuină.
The hunter chased the hare across the field until it hid in a burrow.
Deși părea prins, iepurele a reușit să scape printr-o mișcare bruscă.
Although it seemed caught, the hare managed to escape with a sudden move.
Zvonurile s-au răspândit ca un iepure speriat, greu de prins odată ce au pornit.
The rumors spread like a startled hare, hard to catch once they got going.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | iepure | iepuri |
| Genitive | iepurelui | iepurilor |
| Accusative | iepure | iepuri |
| Vocative | iepurule | iepurilor |
Word family
iepurașbunny, little hare (diminutive)
iepuroaicădoe, female hare
iepureschare-like, of or belonging to a hare
a fugi ca iepureleidiom: to bolt, to run away very fast, like a frightened hare
Etymology
Iepure comes from Latin lepus, leporis, meaning hare. Romanian inherited the word directly from spoken Latin in the region, rather than borrowing it later from a Romance neighbor. Latin lepus itself has a disputed origin: many etymologists think it entered Latin from a pre-Roman Mediterranean language rather than from inherited Indo-European vocabulary, so there is no secure Proto-Indo-European root behind it. Its Romance cousins in Italian, French, Spanish, and Portuguese all trace back to the same Latin source.
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