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omorî
to kill /o.moˈrɨ/
verb#300 most common
Also: to murder, to slay, to wear out or exhaust (figurative)
Example sentences
Nu vreau să omor pe nimeni.
I don't want to kill anyone.
Pisica a omorât un șoarece.
The cat killed a mouse.
Dacă mai faci asta o dată, te omor!
If you do that one more time, I'll kill you!
Poliția crede că bărbatul și-a omorât vecinul din gelozie.
The police believe the man killed his neighbor out of jealousy.
Munca asta mă omoară, nu mai am energie pentru nimic.
This work is killing me, I have no energy left for anything.
Legenda spune că balaurul a fost omorât de un cioban viclean, care i-a atras atenția cu o oglindă.
The legend says the dragon was killed by a cunning shepherd, who drew its attention with a mirror.
Conjugation
| Present Active | Simple Past Active | Simple Future Active | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1sg | omor | omorâi | voi omorî |
| 2sg | omori | omorâși | vei omorî |
| 3sg | omoară | omorî | va omorî |
| 1pl | omorâm | omorârăm | vom omorî |
| 2pl | omorâți | omorârăți | veți omorî |
| 3pl | omoară | omorâră | vor omorî |
Word family
Etymology
Omorî entered Romanian from Old Slavonic umoriti, meaning to kill or to tire someone to death. The Slavic root mor- means death, and it happens to echo the unrelated-in-borrowing but ultimately cognate Latin root behind Romanian's own moarte and mort. Both branches trace back to a shared Indo-European root for dying, which is why the word felt native enough to settle deep into everyday Romanian speech. The verb kept its Slavic infinitive shape while adopting a Romanian fourth-conjugation ending.
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