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nerv
nerve /nerv/
noun#3250 most common
Also: temper, nerves (irritation, colloquial)
Example sentences
Am un nerv iritat la mână.
I have an irritated nerve in my hand.
Dentistul mi-a scos nervul de la un dinte.
The dentist removed the nerve from a tooth.
Nervul sciatic îi provoacă dureri de spate.
The sciatic nerve causes him back pain.
Ea are nervii întinși din cauza stresului la muncă.
Her nerves are frayed because of work stress.
Zgomotul acela constant îmi calcă serios pe nervi.
That constant noise really gets on my nerves.
Chirurgul a reparat cu precizie nervul afectat, redându-i pacientului sensibilitatea în deget.
The surgeon precisely repaired the damaged nerve, restoring sensation to the patient's finger.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | nerv | nervi |
| Genitive | nervului | nervilor |
| Accusative | nerv | nervi |
| Vocative | nervule | nervilor |
Word family
nervosnervous, irritable
a enervato irritate, to annoy
enervantannoying, irritatingnervozitatenervousness
inervațieinnervation
Etymology
Romanian borrowed "nerv" from French "nerf" in the 19th century, during the wave of Latin-based relatinization of the language. The French word itself descends from Latin "nervus", meaning sinew or tendon, later narrowed in medicine to mean nerve. The underlying Indo-European root refers to sinew or cord, the same idea that gives Greek its word for nerve.
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