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sol
soil /ˈsol/
noun#2302 most common
Also: ground, earth (as substance), land
Example sentences
Solul este umed.
The soil is wet.
Fermierul ară solul primăvara.
The farmer plows the soil in spring.
Acest sol este foarte fertil pentru cultura de grâu.
This soil is very fertile for growing wheat.
Poluarea solului afectează recoltele din întreaga regiune.
Soil pollution affects the harvests across the entire region.
Eroziunea solului reprezintă o problemă gravă în zonele defrișate.
Soil erosion is a serious problem in deforested areas.
Compoziția mineralogică a solului variază semnificativ în funcție de roca-mamă și de condițiile climatice locale.
The mineralogical composition of the soil varies significantly depending on the parent rock and local climatic conditions.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | sol | soluri |
| Genitive | solului | solurilor |
| Accusative | sol | soluri |
| Vocative | sol | soluri |
Word family
subsolbasement, cellar, subsoilsolara vacant building plot or lot of land (not the sun-related adjective, which is a different word)
solificaresoil formation, a pedology term
Etymology
Romanian "sol" comes from Latin "solum," meaning ground, bottom, or soil. The final "-um" dropped away, a regular pattern in how Romanian inherited Vulgar Latin nouns. The word has stayed close to its Latin sense throughout its history, referring to the ground or the layer of earth that supports plant life.
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