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patrie
homeland /paˈtri.e/
noun#5429 most common
Also: fatherland, native country
Example sentences
Patria mea este România.
My homeland is Romania.
Eu iubesc patria mea.
I love my homeland.
Soldații au luptat pentru apărarea patriei.
The soldiers fought for the defense of the homeland.
Mulți români și-au părăsit patria în căutarea unei vieți mai bune.
Many Romanians left their homeland in search of a better life.
Dragostea de patrie este un sentiment care unește generații întregi.
Love of homeland is a feeling that unites entire generations.
În poeziile sale, poetul evocă patria ca pe un tărâm sacru, purtat mereu în suflet, indiferent de exilul îndurat.
In his poems, the poet evokes the homeland as a sacred realm, always carried in the soul, regardless of the exile endured.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | patrie | patrii |
| Genitive | patriei | patriilor |
| Accusative | patrie | patrii |
| Vocative | patrie | patrii |
Word family
patriotpatriot, one loyal to their homeland
patrioticpatriotic
patriotismpatriotism
compatriotfellow countryman
a expatriato expatriate, to leave one's homeland
Etymology
Patrie entered Romanian from French patrie in the nineteenth century, during the wave of Romance relatinization that reshaped the modern Romanian lexicon. French patrie descends from Latin patria, the feminine form of patrius, meaning of the father. The underlying idea is the land of one's fathers, a country claimed through ancestry rather than mere residence.
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