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moarte
death /ˈmo̯ar.te/
noun#301 most common
Also: demise, passing
Example sentences
Moartea este tristă.
Death is sad.
Bunicul meu a murit de moarte naturală.
My grandfather died of natural death.
Frica de moarte este normală.
Fear of death is normal.
Pedeapsa cu moartea a fost abolită în România.
The death penalty was abolished in Romania.
S-a luptat cu moartea timp de câteva luni înainte de a se stinge.
He fought with death for several months before passing away.
Poetul a scris despre moarte ca despre o eliberare, nu ca despre un sfârșit.
The poet wrote about death as a liberation, not as an end.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | moarte | morți |
| Genitive | morți | morților |
| Accusative | moarte | morți |
| Vocative | moarte | morților |
Word family
Etymology
Moarte descends from the Latin noun mors, in its accusative form mortem. Regular sound changes in Vulgar Latin turned the ending into the Romanian feminine -e, giving moarte. The word has stayed in everyday use since Latin times, unlike some Romanian vocabulary that was later replaced by Slavic or French borrowings.
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