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morți
the dead (people who have died) /ˈmortsʲ/
noun#1068 most common
Also: dead (adjective, masculine plural), deaths, fatalities
Example sentences
Sunt doi morți în accident.
There are two dead in the accident.
Cutremurul a provocat sute de morți.
The earthquake caused hundreds of deaths.
Copacii morți trebuie tăiați din pădure.
The dead trees need to be cut down from the forest.
Familiile morților cer dreptate.
The families of the dead are demanding justice.
Morții sunt pomeniți la biserică în fiecare sâmbătă.
The dead are commemorated at church every Saturday.
Ziua Morților este sărbătorită la începutul lunii noiembrie.
The Day of the Dead is celebrated at the start of November.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | mort / mortul | morți / morții |
| Genitive | mort / mortului | morți / morților |
| Accusative | mort / mortul | morți / morții |
| Vocative | mortule | morților |
Word family
Etymology
"Morți" is the plural of "mort," from Latin "mortuus" (dead). The final consonant shifted from t to ț before the plural ending -i, a regular palatalization in Romanian. The word has functioned as both adjective and noun since Latin, and Romanian kept both uses.
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