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norocos
lucky /no.roˈkos/
adjective#912 most common
Also: fortunate, having good luck
Example sentences
Ion este norocos.
Ion is lucky.
Astăzi am o zi norocoasă.
Today I'm having a lucky day.
Copiii norocoși au găsit bani pe stradă.
The lucky children found money on the street.
Ea a fost mereu norocoasă în dragoste, deși nu credea în destin.
She was always lucky in love, even though she didn't believe in fate.
Norocosule, iar ai câștigat la loterie!
You lucky devil, you won the lottery again!
Deși mulți îl considerau norocos, el știa că succesul i se datora muncii asidue, nu întâmplării.
Although many considered him lucky, he knew his success was due to diligent work, not chance.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | norocos | norocoși |
| Genitive | norocos | norocoși |
| Accusative | norocos | norocoși |
| Vocative | norocosule | norocoșilor |
Word family
norocluck, fortune
norocoasălucky (feminine agreement form)
nenorocitunfortunate, wretcheda norocito bring luck to, to bless with fortune (rare, dated)
Etymology
Norocos is built from the Romanian noun noroc, meaning luck or fortune, plus the adjectival suffix -os, which turns a noun into an adjective meaning full of or marked by that quality. Noroc itself is generally treated by Romanian dictionaries as a loanword from Slavic. The suffix -os continues the Latin suffix -osus, the same one found in curajos (courageous) or nervos (nervous).
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