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meriț
merit (credit or worth that someone deserves) /meˈrit/
noun#2820 most common
Also: credit, worthiness, deserving quality
Example sentences
Este meritul tău.
It's your merit.
Are mult merit în acest proiect.
She has a lot of merit in this project.
A câștigat premiul pe merit.
He won the prize on merit.
Meritele ei au fost recunoscute de toată lumea.
Her merits were recognized by everyone.
Nu se poate nega meritul profesorilor în formarea elevilor.
One cannot deny the merit of teachers in shaping students.
Repartizarea meritelor între cercetători a generat o dezbatere aprinsă în comunitatea științifică.
The distribution of credit among researchers sparked a heated debate in the scientific community.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | merit | merite |
| Genitive | meritului | meritelor |
| Accusative | merit | merite |
| Vocative | merit | merite |
Word family
a meritato deserve, to earn
meritatdeserved
nemeritatundeserved
meritoriumeritorious, praiseworthy
meritocrațiemeritocracy
Etymology
Romanian merit was borrowed from French mérite and reinforced by the learned Latin meritum, the neuter past participle of merēre, meaning to earn or deserve. The word entered Romanian during the nineteenth century, when the language absorbed many French and Latin terms to modernize its vocabulary. Latin merēre itself is traced by etymologists to the Proto-Indo-European root *(s)mer-, meaning to get a share of something.
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