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loial

loyal /loˈjal/

adjective#3436 most common

Also: faithful, true (to someone/something)

Example sentences

El este loial.

He is loyal.

Maria are o prietenă loială.

Maria has a loyal friend.

Câinele meu este foarte loial stăpânului său.

My dog is very loyal to its owner.

Angajații loiali au primit o mărire de salariu.

Loyal employees got a raise.

Deși a fost tentat să trădeze compania, a rămas loial principiilor sale.

Although he was tempted to betray the company, he stayed loyal to his principles.

Cetățenii care rămân loiali statului lor, chiar și atunci când acesta greșește, întruchipează o formă complexă de patriotism critic.

Citizens who remain loyal to their state, even when it errs, embody a complex form of critical patriotism.

Declension

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	loial	loiali
Genitive	loial	loiali
Accusative	loial	loiali
Vocative	loial	loiali

Word family

loialitateloyalty

neloialdisloyal, unfair

neloialitatedisloyalty, unfairness

loialismloyalism (political allegiance)

Etymology

Romanian took "loial" directly from French "loyal" in the 19th century, part of a wave of French borrowings that reshaped Romanian's educated vocabulary. French "loyal" descends from Old French "loial", itself from Latin "legalis", meaning lawful or according to the law. The sense shifted over centuries from strict legal correctness to personal faithfulness and trustworthiness.

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