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lampă
lamp /ˈlampə/
noun#5022 most common
Also: light fixture
Example sentences
Lampa este pe masă.
The lamp is on the table.
Aprind lampa în fiecare seară.
I turn on the lamp every evening.
Lampa aceasta veche are un abajur frumos.
This old lamp has a beautiful lampshade.
Am cumpărat o lampă nouă pentru birou, pentru că cea veche s-a stricat.
I bought a new lamp for the office, because the old one broke.
Lumina slabă a lămpii arunca umbre tremurânde pe pereții camerei.
The lamp's dim light cast trembling shadows on the walls of the room.
Dacă n-ar fi fost lampa aceea cu petrol, atârnată de grinda tavanului, nicio poveste de-a bunicii n-ar fi părut la fel de vie.
Had it not been for that oil lamp, hung from the ceiling beam, none of grandmother's stories would have seemed so vivid.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | lampă | lămpi |
| Genitive | lămpii | lămpilor |
| Accusative | lampă | lămpi |
| Vocative | lampo | lămpilor |
Word family
Etymology
Romanian borrowed "lampă" from French "lampe" in the modern era, part of a wave of French loanwords that reshaped Romanian vocabulary in the 19th century. French "lampe" descends from Latin "lampas", itself a loan from Greek "lampas" (λαμπάς), meaning torch. The Greek noun is tied to the verb "lampein", to shine or give light.
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