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praf
dust /praf/
noun#1375 most common
Also: powder, gunpowder (in compounds)
Example sentences
Masa este plină de praf.
The table is covered in dust.
Trebuie să șterg praful din cameră.
I need to wipe the dust off in the room.
Mașina a ridicat un nor de praf pe drum.
The car raised a cloud of dust on the road.
Pune un praf de sare în supă.
Put a pinch of salt in the soup.
După ani de neglijare, cartea era acoperită de praf.
After years of neglect, the book was covered in dust.
Planurile lui s-au ales praf după ce a pierdut finanțarea.
His plans came to nothing after he lost the funding.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | praf | prafuri |
| Genitive | prafului | prafurilor |
| Accusative | praf | prafuri |
| Vocative | praf | prafuri |
Word family
prăfuito cover something with dust
prăfuitdusty, covered in dust
praf de pușcăgunpowder
praf de coptbaking powder
a se alege prafto be ruined, to come to nothing
Etymology
Praf entered Romanian from a Slavic source, most likely Bulgarian or Serbian prah, meaning dust or powder. The word sits alongside many other Slavic borrowings in the everyday Romanian vocabulary, layered on top of the Latin core after Slavic-speaking populations settled near Romanian speakers in the early medieval period. The same Slavic root gave related senses of powder and gunpowder in neighboring languages.
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