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lucru
thing /ˈlu.kru/
noun#68 most common
Also: work, matter, job
Example sentences
Acesta este un lucru bun.
This is a good thing.
Am mult de lucru azi.
I have a lot of work today.
Lucrul cel mai important este sănătatea.
The most important thing is health.
Mă duc la lucru dimineața devreme.
I go to work early in the morning.
Rezolvarea acestui lucru necesită multă răbdare.
Solving this matter requires a lot of patience.
Dincolo de lucrurile evidente, există o complexitate pe care puțini reușesc s-o înțeleagă.
Beyond the obvious things, there is a complexity that few manage to understand.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | lucru | lucruri |
| Genitive | lucrului | lucrurilor |
| Accusative | lucru | lucruri |
| Vocative | lucrule | lucrurilor |
Word family
Etymology
Lucru comes from Latin lucrum, meaning gain or profit. Romanian broadened the word over time from a narrow financial sense to the general meaning of thing, and separately to work or task. The same Latin root gives English lucre, still seen in the phrase filthy lucre.
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