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lucrare
a piece of written work (paper, test, thesis) /luˈkra.re/
noun#1914 most common
Also: work (construction/project sense), test/exam paper, thesis
Example sentences
Lucrarea este pe masă.
The paper is on the table.
Am scris o lucrare pentru școală.
I wrote a paper for school.
Profesorul ne-a dat o lucrare de control azi.
The teacher gave us a test today.
Ea își pregătește lucrarea de licență.
She is preparing her bachelor's thesis.
Lucrările de reparație a drumului vor dura o lună.
The road repair works will last a month.
Deși lucrarea sa fusese criticată aspru de comisie, autorul a refuzat să-și modifice concluziile.
Although his thesis had been harshly criticized by the committee, the author refused to change his conclusions.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | lucrare | lucrări |
| Genitive | lucrări | lucrări |
| Accusative | lucrare | lucrări |
| Vocative | lucrare | lucrări |
Word family
Etymology
Lucrare comes from the Romanian verb a lucra, meaning to work. That verb continues the Latin lucrari, to profit or gain, which in turn comes from lucrum, gain or profit. The suffix -are is a productive Romanian nominalizer that turns first-conjugation verb infinitives into feminine nouns naming the action or its result, the same pattern seen in mâncare, food, from a mânca, and cântare, song, from a cânta. Romanian's everyday verb for work thus traces back to a Latin word about profit rather than to laborare or operari, the ancestors behind labor and operate in other languages.
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