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sosire
arrival /soˈsire/
noun#3426 most common
Also: coming, advent
Example sentences
Trenul are întârziere la sosire.
The train is late on arrival.
Aștept sosirea prietenului meu.
I am waiting for my friend's arrival.
Ora de sosire a avionului s-a schimbat.
The plane's arrival time has changed.
La sosirea în oraș, am căutat un hotel.
Upon arriving in the city, I looked for a hotel.
Sosirea neașteptată a delegației a surprins pe toată lumea.
The unexpected arrival of the delegation surprised everyone.
Sosirea trupelor de întărire a schimbat cursul bătăliei.
The arrival of the reinforcement troops changed the course of the battle.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | sosire | sosiri |
| Genitive | sosirii | sosirilor |
| Accusative | sosire | sosiri |
| Vocative | sosire | sosiri |
Word family
a sosito arrive
sositarrived
nou-sositnewly arrived, newcomer
sosiriarrivals (as on a schedule board)
Etymology
Sosire is the noun formed from the verb a sosi, meaning to arrive. Romanian regularly builds abstract nouns this way, by adding the ending -re to a verb stem. The verb a sosi itself has a disputed origin, and dictionaries do not agree on a clear source, so no reliable root can be given.
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