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sărac
poor /səˈrak/
adjective#1527 most common
Also: needy, impoverished, (as a noun) a poor person
Example sentences
Omul este sărac.
The man is poor.
Familia lor este foarte săracă.
Their family is very poor.
A crescut într-un sat sărac din munți.
He grew up in a poor mountain village.
Săracii din oraș au nevoie de ajutor.
The poor people in the city need help.
Guvernul a promis să reducă numărul persoanelor sărace din țară.
The government promised to reduce the number of poor people in the country.
Deși venea dintr-o familie săracă, a reușit să devină un om de știință renumit.
Although he came from a poor family, he went on to become a well-known scientist.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | sărac | săraci |
| Genitive | sărac | săraci |
| Accusative | sărac | săraci |
| Vocative | săracule | săracilor |
Word family
sărăciepoverty
sărăcito become poor, to impoverish
sărăcăciosmeager, scanty
sărăcuțpoor little (affectionate/pitying diminutive)
sărăcimethe poor (collective, poor folk)
Etymology
Sărac entered Romanian from a Slavic source, related to Old Church Slavonic sirŭ, meaning orphan or bereft. Over time the word broadened from orphan to poor or destitute in general. It is one of many everyday Romanian words that came through contact with Slavic-speaking neighbors rather than from Latin.
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