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nisip
sand /niˈsip/
noun#2424 most common
Also: grit, sandy ground
Example sentences
Copilul se joacă în nisip.
The child is playing in the sand.
Nisipul de pe plajă este fierbinte la prânz.
The sand on the beach is hot at noon.
Am cumpărat un sac de nisip pentru șantier.
I bought a bag of sand for the construction site.
Vântul deșertului mută dunele de nisip an de an.
The desert wind moves the sand dunes year after year.
Nisipurile mișcătoare pot fi extrem de periculoase pentru cei neatenți.
Quicksand can be extremely dangerous for the careless.
Poetul compara memoria cu nisipul care se scurge inevitabil printre degete.
The poet compared memory to sand slipping inevitably through fingers.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | nisip | nisipuri |
| Genitive | nisipului | nisipurilor |
| Accusative | nisip | nisipuri |
| Vocative | nisipule | nisipurilor |
Word family
Etymology
The origin of nisip is not settled. Romanian dictionaries usually list it among the substrate words, terms inherited from the language spoken in the region before Roman rule, because it has no clear source in Latin and no established match in the neighboring Slavic languages. This sets it apart from arină, an older Romanian word for sand that does come from Latin harena. No confirmed cognates outside Romanian have been established.
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