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labă
paw /ˈla.bə/
noun#5681 most common
Also: foot/hand (colloquial, of a person), flipper (laba de înot)
Example sentences
Pisica are o labă mică.
The cat has a small paw.
Câinele dă laba când îi spui "labă".
The dog gives its paw when you say "paw".
Am văzut urme de labă de urs pe potecă.
I saw bear paw prints on the trail.
Câinele își linge laba rănită.
The dog licks its injured paw.
Ia laba de pe mine, mă enervezi!
Get your hand off me, you're annoying me!
Lăbuța pisicii s-a prins în ușă, iar ea a scos un mieunat ascuțit când și-a tras laba.
The kitten's little paw got caught in the door, and it let out a sharp meow as it pulled its paw back.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | labă | labe |
| Genitive | labei | labelor |
| Accusative | labă | labe |
| Vocative | labă | labe |
Word family
lăbuțălittle paw (diminutive, affectionate)
a se lăbărțato sprawl out, splay clumsily
lăbărțatsprawled, baggy, shapeless
lăbosbig-pawed, clumsy-handed (colloquial)
Etymology
Labă is a Slavic loanword, related to Bulgarian лапа (lapa) and Russian лапа (lapa), both meaning paw. It entered Romanian through long contact with Slavic-speaking neighbors, joining a large layer of everyday Slavic vocabulary in the language. The word originally named the flat underside of an animal's foot and then widened to cover the whole paw.
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