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slujbă
job (paid employment) /ˈsluʒ.bə/
noun#515 most common
Also: church service, Mass, position, post
Example sentences
Ana are o slujbă nouă.
Ana has a new job.
Duminică mergem la slujbă.
On Sunday we go to church service.
Îmi place slujba mea, dar programul este obositor.
I like my job, but the schedule is tiring.
Preotul a ținut o slujbă lungă de Paște.
The priest held a long Easter service.
După ce și-a pierdut slujba, a trebuit să își regândească toată cariera.
After losing his job, he had to rethink his entire career.
Sunetul clopotelor anunța credincioșilor că slujba de seară tocmai începuse.
The sound of the bells told the faithful that the evening service had just begun.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | slujbă | slujbe |
| Genitive | slujbei | slujbelor |
| Accusative | slujbă | slujbe |
| Vocative | slujbo | slujbelor |
Word family
a slujito serve
slujitorservant, one who officiates (e.g. a priest)
slujbașclerk, minor official (informal, often dated)
slujnicămaidservant (archaic)
Etymology
Slujbă entered Romanian from Old Church Slavonic sluzhba, meaning service or duty. The word travelled alongside Orthodox Christianity into the Romanian lands, which explains why it covers both a paid job and a religious service. Its root is the same Slavic base found in the verb a sluji, to serve.
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