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păr
hair /ˈpər/
noun#695 most common
Also: fur or coat (of an animal), pear tree (a separate homonym, Pyrus)
Example sentences
Ea are păr blond.
She has blond hair.
Îmi spăl părul în fiecare dimineață.
I wash my hair every morning.
Bunicul meu are părul complet alb.
My grandfather's hair is completely white.
După ce a plouat, și-a uscat părul cu un prosop.
After it rained, she dried her hair with a towel.
Îi cădea părul din cauza stresului, așa că a mers la doctor.
Her hair was falling out from stress, so she went to the doctor.
Vântul rece de pe faleză îi răvășise părul, dându-i un aer sălbatic pe care nu și-l dorise.
The cold wind off the cliff had tousled her hair, giving her a wild look she had not wanted.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | păr | peri |
| Genitive | părului | perilor |
| Accusative | păr | peri |
| Vocative | părule | perilor |
Word family
păroshairy
a se păruito grab each other by the hair, to scuffle
părișorlittle hair, small lock of hair
despărțitnot related to păr despite the look-alike spelling; comes from parte (part), a false friend to watch forEtymology
Păr descends from Latin pilus, meaning hair or a single strand of hair. Romanian kept it as part of its core inherited vocabulary from spoken Latin in the region, with no borrowing involved. By coincidence, a second Romanian word spelled and pronounced the same way, păr for pear tree, comes from an unrelated Latin word, pirus. The two merged in form only after sound changes, not in origin.
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