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merit
merit (credit or praise someone deserves for doing something well) /meˈrit/
noun#1596 most common
Also: credit, worth, desert (what one has earned)
Example sentences
Ea are merit.
She has merit.
Profesorul i-a recunoscut meritul.
The teacher recognized his merit.
Meritele ei sunt recunoscute de toți.
Her merits are recognized by everyone.
Succesul echipei se datorează în mare parte meritului antrenorului.
The team's success is due largely to the coach's merit.
Nu i se poate contesta meritul de a fi reformat sistemul educațional.
One cannot dispute his merit in having reformed the education system.
Meritele acumulate de-a lungul unei cariere îndelungate nu pot fi anulate printr-o singură greșeală.
Merits built up over a long career cannot be erased by a single mistake.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | merit | merite |
| Genitive | meritului | meritelor |
| Accusative | merit | merite |
| Vocative | meritule | meritelor |
Word family
a meritato deserve, to be worth
meritoriumeritorious, praiseworthy
nemeritatundeserved
meritocrațiemeritocracy
Etymology
Romanian "merit" comes from Latin "meritum," the neuter past participle of "merēre," meaning to earn or deserve. The word passed into Romanian largely through later learned borrowing from Latin and French rather than as a direct inheritance from spoken Vulgar Latin, which is common for abstract vocabulary in Romanian. It kept its neuter gender and abstract sense of a deserved reward or credit.
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