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rădăcină
root /rə.dəˈt͡ʃi.nə/
noun#4200 most common
Also: root cause, roots (ancestry, origins)
Example sentences
Copacul are o rădăcină adâncă.
The tree has a deep root.
Rădăcina acestui copac este foarte lungă.
This tree's root is very long.
Trebuie să scoatem rădăcina din pământ.
We need to pull the root out of the ground.
Rădăcinile plantei au fost distruse de secetă.
The plant's roots were destroyed by the drought.
Problema are rădăcini adânci în istoria comunității.
The problem has deep roots in the community's history.
Lingviștii au căutat rădăcina etimologică a acestui cuvânt.
The linguists searched for the etymological root of this word.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | rădăcină | rădăcini |
| Genitive | rădăcini | rădăcini |
| Accusative | rădăcină | rădăcini |
| Vocative | rădăcină | rădăcini |
Word family
rădăciniroots (plural)
înrădăcinato take root, to become ingrained
înrădăcinatdeep-rooted, ingrained
dezrădăcinato uproot
Etymology
Rădăcină comes from Latin radicina, a diminutive form of radix, meaning root. The word passed down through popular Latin into Romanian along with the rest of the basic vocabulary of the language. It kept its concrete botanical sense and, as in many other languages, also picked up figurative uses for origins and deep causes.
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