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stâncă
rock (a large mass of rock, cliff, or crag) /ˈstɨŋkə/
noun#2912 most common
Also: cliff, crag, boulder
Example sentences
Stânca este mare.
The rock is big.
Copiii se urcă pe stâncă.
The children climb on the rock.
Vaporul s-a lovit de o stâncă.
The ship struck a rock.
De pe vârful stâncii se vede toată valea.
From the top of the rock, you can see the whole valley.
Stâncile abrupte de pe coastă atrag alpiniști din toată lumea.
The steep cliffs along the coast attract climbers from around the world.
Eroziunea milenară a sculptat stânca într-o formă ce amintește de un chip uman.
Millennia of erosion carved the rock into a shape resembling a human face.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | stâncă | stânci |
| Genitive | stânci | stânci |
| Accusative | stâncă | stânci |
| Vocative | stânco | stânci |
Word family
stâncosrocky
stâncăriea mass of rocks, rocky terrain
stâncuțălittle rock (diminutive)
stâncă de calcarlimestone crag
Etymology
Romanian "stâncă" comes from a Slavic source, related to Bulgarian "стенка" (stenka), a diminutive of "стена" (stena, "wall"). The word entered Romanian through contact with South Slavic speakers and shifted in meaning from "small wall" to "rock" or "cliff". This mirrors a common pattern in Romanian, where everyday vocabulary was reshaped by centuries of Slavic influence alongside its Latin base.
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