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sat
village /ˈsat/
noun#1114 most common
Also: hamlet, rural community
Example sentences
Eu locuiesc într-un sat.
I live in a village.
Satul are o biserică veche.
The village has an old church.
Am crescut într-un sat mic din Moldova.
I grew up in a small village in Moldova.
Drumul spre sat era plin de gropi după ploaie.
The road to the village was full of potholes after the rain.
Multe sate din România și-au pierdut tinerii, plecați la oraș sau în străinătate.
Many villages in Romania have lost their young people, who left for the city or abroad.
Bătrânii satului povesteau, la lumina focului, întâmplări pe care nimeni nu le mai punea la îndoială.
The elders of the village told stories by firelight that no one questioned anymore.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | sat | sate |
| Genitive | satului | satelor |
| Accusative | sat | sate |
| Vocative | satule | satelor |
Word family
săteanvillager
săteancăfemale villager
sătescrural, of the village
sătucsmall village, hamlet
consăteanfellow villager, someone from the same village
Etymology
Romanian "sat" descends from Latin "fossatum", meaning a ditch or a trench, itself formed from "fossa" (ditch) and the verb "fodere" (to dig). Early rural settlements in the region were often ringed by a defensive ditch, and the word for the earthwork shifted to name the settlement it protected. The same Latin source gave Albanian its word for village, "fshat", by a nearly identical semantic path.
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