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mușchi
muscle /ˈmuʃki/
noun#3836 most common
Also: tenderloin (cut of meat), moss (unrelated homonym)
Example sentences
Am mușchi la brațe.
I have muscles in my arms.
Mă doare un mușchi la picior.
A muscle in my leg hurts.
Trebuie să-mi întind mușchii înainte de alergare.
I need to stretch my muscles before running.
Antrenamentul intens i-a dezvoltat mușchii brațelor.
Intense training built up the muscles of his arms.
Am cumpărat un mușchi de vită pentru cina de duminică.
I bought a beef tenderloin for Sunday dinner.
Contracția involuntară a mușchiului cardiac poate indica o aritmie.
The involuntary contraction of the heart muscle can indicate an arrhythmia.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | mușchi | mușchi |
| Genitive | mușchiului | mușchilor |
| Accusative | mușchi | mușchi |
| Vocative | mușchiule | mușchilor |
Word family
muscularmuscular, of the muscles
musculaturămusculature, the body's system of muscles
mușchiulețlittle muscle (diminutive)
intramuscularinto or within a muscle (medical term)
Etymology
The muscle sense of "mușchi" is generally traced to a Slavic word for muscle, related to Serbian "mišić", itself built on the Slavic word for mouse. This mirrors Latin "musculus" (muscle), a diminutive of "mus" (mouse), since a flexing muscle looks like a small mouse moving under the skin. The identical Romanian word meaning "moss" is a separate borrowing from Slavic "mъchъ" (moss) and shares no root with the muscle sense; the two are pure homonyms.
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