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rar
rare /ˈrar/
adjective#1867 most common
Also: sparse, thin (of hair, teeth), seldom (used adverbially)
Example sentences
Rar plouă vara aici.
It rarely rains here in summer.
Copacii sunt rari în deșert.
The trees are sparse in the desert.
Am găsit o carte rară la anticariat.
I found a rare book at the secondhand bookshop.
Ne vedem rar, doar de sărbători.
We rarely see each other, only on holidays.
Timbrele rare valorează o avere pe piața colecționarilor.
Rare stamps are worth a fortune on the collectors' market.
Deși spectaculos, fenomenul rămâne extrem de rar în emisfera nordică, motiv pentru care puțini astronomi l-au observat direct.
Although spectacular, the phenomenon remains extremely rare in the northern hemisphere, which is why few astronomers have observed it directly.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | rar (m) / rară (f) | rari (m) / rare (f) |
| Genitive | rar (m) / rare (f) | rari (m) / rare (f) |
| Accusative | rar (m) / rară (f) | rari (m) / rare (f) |
| Vocative | rar (m) / rară (f) | rari (m) / rare (f) |
Word family
rareorirarely, seldom
raritaterarity, scarcity
a rarefiato rarefy, to thin out
răritthinned out
Etymology
Romanian "rar" comes from Latin "rarus," meaning thin, scattered, or infrequent, and was inherited directly rather than borrowed later. The Latin ending "-us" was dropped, as usual for adjectives that passed straight from Latin into Romanian. It shares its root with French "rare," Italian "raro," and Spanish "raro," all from the same Latin word, and with English "rare," which reached English through Old French. The deeper origin of Latin "rarus" is not settled, so no reliable Proto-Indo-European root can be given.
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