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lung
long /lung/
adjective#479 most common
Also: lengthy, tall (of a person, informal)
Example sentences
Acest drum este lung.
This road is long.
Are părul lung.
She has long hair.
Vara, zilele sunt mai lungi.
In summer, the days are longer.
A scris o scrisoare lungă prietenei sale.
She wrote a long letter to her friend.
Drumul spre reconciliere a fost lung și anevoios.
The road to reconciliation was long and arduous.
Dincolo de aparenta simplitate a cazului, pledoaria avocatului s-a dovedit un discurs lung și savant, presărat cu subtilități juridice.
Beyond the case's apparent simplicity, the lawyer's plea turned out to be a long and erudite speech, sprinkled with legal subtleties.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | lung (m) / lungă (f) | lungi |
| Genitive | lung (m) / lungi (f) | lungi |
| Accusative | lung (m) / lungă (f) | lungi |
| Vocative | lung (m) / lungă (f) | lungi |
Word family
lungimelength
a lungito lengthen, to stretch out
a prelungito extend, to prolong
lunguiețsomewhat elongated, oblong
lungana tall, gangly person (informal, mildly mocking)
Etymology
Lung comes from Latin longus, meaning long. The word passed into Romanian through the ordinary spoken Latin of the region, keeping its core meaning intact over centuries. The same Latin root gave Italian lungo and French long.
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