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noroc
luck /noˈrok/
noun#402 most common
Also: fortune, good fortune, cheers! (as a toast, colloquial)
Example sentences
Noroc!
Cheers! (said when clinking glasses)
Mult noroc!
Good luck!
Am noroc astăzi.
I'm lucky today.
Ai avut mare noroc că nu ai pierdut trenul.
You were very lucky that you didn't miss the train.
Norocul ei a fost să se nască într-o familie iubitoare.
Her good fortune was to be born into a loving family.
Norocul chior l-a scos basma curată din accidentul acela.
Blind luck got him off scot-free from that accident.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | noroc | norocuri |
| Genitive | norocului | norocurilor |
| Accusative | noroc | norocuri |
| Vocative | noroc | norocuri |
Word family
norocoslucky, fortunate
nenorociremisfortune, disaster
nenorocitwretched, damneda nenorocito ruin, to maim (colloquial)
Etymology
Noroc entered Romanian from Slavic, built from na- ("onto") plus rokŭ, a term for an appointed lot or fixed span. That same Slavic root rokŭ shows up with a shifted sense in Polish and Czech rok ("year") and in Serbian rok ("deadline, term"). In Romanian the word narrowed over time to mean simply luck or fortune.
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