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oaie
sheep /ˈwa.je/
noun#3222 most common
Also: ewe
Example sentences
Oaia mănâncă iarbă.
The sheep eats grass.
Am văzut o oaie albă lângă drum.
I saw a white sheep by the road.
Ciobanul are grijă de oi în fiecare zi.
The shepherd takes care of the sheep every day.
Lâna oii se folosește pentru a face pulovere calde.
The sheep's wool is used to make warm sweaters.
În satul bunicii mele, fiecare familie ținea câteva oi și le mulgea dimineața.
In my grandmother's village, every family kept a few sheep and milked them in the morning.
În balada populară, blândețea oii devine simbol al resemnării în fața destinului.
In the folk ballad, the sheep's gentleness becomes a symbol of resignation before fate.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | oaie | oi |
| Genitive | oii | oilor |
| Accusative | oaie | oi |
| Vocative | oaie | oilor |
Word family
oisheep (plural)
oiershepherd, sheep farmer
oieritsheep farming, sheep husbandry
oițălittle sheep, lamb-like pet name for a sheep
Etymology
Oaie comes from the Latin word ovis, sheep, most likely through its accusative form ovem. Romanian regularly turned a stressed short o in this position into the diphthong oa, which is why the word does not look like its Latin ancestor at first glance. The pattern is common in Romanian, a language that kept a large core of everyday vocabulary directly from spoken Latin.
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