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noroi
mud /noˈroj/
noun#3457 most common
Also: mire, sludge, dirt (wet)
Example sentences
Copilul se joacă în noroi.
The child is playing in the mud.
Pantofii mei sunt plini de noroi.
My shoes are covered in mud.
După ploaie, drumul s-a transformat în noroi.
After the rain, the road turned into mud.
Mașina a rămas blocată în noroiul de pe câmp.
The car got stuck in the mud in the field.
Noroiul gros de pe marginea râului îngreuna mersul.
The thick mud on the riverbank made walking difficult.
Soldații au înaintat cu greu prin noroaiele adânci ale tranșeelor.
The soldiers advanced with difficulty through the deep mud of the trenches.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | noroi | noroaie |
| Genitive | noroiului | noroaielor |
| Accusative | noroi | noroaie |
| Vocative | noroi | noroaie |
Word family
noroiosmuddy
a înnoroito cover with mud, to besmirch
noroitcovered in mud, muddied
noroaiepatches or expanses of mud (plural)
Etymology
Noroi is a Slavic loanword that entered Romanian during the long period of contact with South Slavic speakers. In the source language the word pointed to fast-moving water, a torrent or flood, and it shifted in Romanian to name the wet earth such water leaves behind. The change from flowing water to standing mud is a common semantic drift in words tied to rain and rivers.
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