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inimă
heart /iˈni.mə/
noun#330 most common
Also: courage, soul, core
Example sentences
Inima mea bate repede.
My heart beats fast.
Am o inimă mare și te iubesc mult.
I have a big heart and I love you a lot.
Doctorul a ascultat inima pacientului.
The doctor listened to the patient's heart.
Cu inima strânsă, a plecat spre aeroport.
With a heavy heart, he left for the airport.
Bunica mea are o inimă de aur, mereu gata să ajute pe oricine.
My grandmother has a heart of gold, always ready to help anyone.
Deși inima îi era zdrobită de durere, a găsit puterea să zâmbească la înmormântare.
Although her heart was shattered by grief, she found the strength to smile at the funeral.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | inimă | inimi |
| Genitive | inimi | inimilor |
| Accusative | inimă | inimi |
| Vocative | inimo | inimilor |
Word family
inimoscourageous, warm-hearted
inimioarălittle heart, term of endearment
neinimosheartless
inimă de piatrăheart of stone (idiom for coldness)
Etymology
Inimă comes from Latin anima, meaning breath or soul, not from cor, cordis, the usual Latin source for "heart" in other Romance languages. Romanian shifted the word's meaning from "soul" to "heart" over time, while the sound changed from anima to inimă. This makes Romanian an outlier among Romance languages, which mostly use descendants of cor (Italian cuore, French cœur, Spanish corazón).
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