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lemn
wood /ˈlemn/
noun#1789 most common
Also: timber, log, firewood
Example sentences
Masa este din lemn.
The table is made of wood.
Cumpărăm lemne pentru foc.
We buy wood for the fire.
Tăiem lemne în curte în fiecare toamnă.
We cut wood in the yard every autumn.
Prețul lemnului a crescut mult anul acesta.
The price of wood has gone up a lot this year.
Casa bunicilor mei era construită integral din lemn de stejar.
My grandparents' house was built entirely of oak wood.
Meșterul cioplea lemnul cu o precizie care părea aproape imposibilă.
The craftsman carved the wood with a precision that seemed almost impossible.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | lemn | lemne |
| Genitive | lemnului | lemnelor |
| Accusative | lemn | lemne |
| Vocative | lemnule | lemnelor |
Word family
lemnoswooden, woody
lemnarcarpenter, woodworker
lemnăriecarpentry shop, timber yard
înlemnito freeze stiff with shock (literally, to turn to wood)
Etymology
Romanian "lemn" descends from Latin "lignum", meaning wood. The word survived intact through the centuries of Latin spoken in the region, keeping its core meaning of wood as a material. Scholars are not certain about the deeper Indo-European root behind Latin "lignum", so no proto-root is given here.
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