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logodnă
engagement (to be married) /loˈɡod.nə/
noun#4295 most common
Also: betrothal
Example sentences
Ea are un inel de logodnă.
She has an engagement ring.
Logodna lor a fost anul trecut.
Their engagement was last year.
Am fost invitați la logodna surorii mele.
We were invited to my sister's engagement.
Petrecerea de logodnă a avut loc la restaurant.
The engagement party took place at the restaurant.
După o logodnă scurtă, s-au căsătorit în grabă.
After a short engagement, they got married in a hurry.
Ruperea logodnei a fost un șoc pentru toată familia.
Breaking off the engagement was a shock for the whole family.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | logodnă | logodne |
| Genitive | logodnei | logodnelor |
| Accusative | logodnă | logodne |
| Vocative | logodno | logodnelor |
Word family
Etymology
Logodnă entered Romanian from a Slavic source, likely Old Church Slavonic or an early South Slavic dialect, where the root god- carried the sense of agreeing or being suited to one another. That root survives in modern Slavic languages in words tied to agreement, fitness, and set occasions. In Romanian it narrowed to mean the formal promise to marry.
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