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război
war /rəzˈboj/
noun#420 most common
Also: battle, weaving loom
Example sentences
Războiul a fost lung.
The war was long.
Bunicul meu a murit în război.
My grandfather died in the war.
Multe orașe au fost distruse în timpul războiului.
Many cities were destroyed during the war.
Războaiele civile provoacă suferințe imense populației.
Civil wars cause immense suffering to the population.
Istoricii dezbat încă motivele reale care au declanșat acel război.
Historians still debate the real reasons that triggered that war.
Deși negocierile de pace păreau iminente, ambele tabere au continuat să se pregătească pentru un nou război.
Although peace negotiations seemed imminent, both sides kept preparing for a new war.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | război | războaie |
| Genitive | războiului | războaielor |
| Accusative | război | războaie |
| Vocative | războiule | războaielor |
Word family
războinicwarrior; warlike
a se războito wage war, to fight
războiniciebellicosity, warlike nature
război de țesutweaving loom
Etymology
Romanian borrowed război from a Slavic source close to Old Church Slavonic razbojь, meaning fight or skirmish. That word split from raz- (apart, thoroughly) plus boj (fight, blow), the same root behind the Slavic verb for to strike or to beat. Romanian kept the martial sense as its main use, while a related device sense, the weaving loom, survived as a secondary meaning, echoing a similar split in some Slavic languages.
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