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steag
flag /ˈsteag/
noun#3184 most common
Also: banner, standard
Example sentences
Steagul este roșu.
The flag is red.
Copilul flutură un steag mic.
The child waves a small flag.
Am cumpărat un steag românesc pentru balcon.
I bought a Romanian flag for the balcony.
Steagul țării flutura în vârful clădirii.
The country's flag was fluttering at the top of the building.
Culorile steagului simbolizează istoria națiunii.
The colors of the flag symbolize the nation's history.
Coborârea steagului în bernă a marcat doliul național.
Lowering the flag to half-mast marked the national mourning.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | steag | steaguri |
| Genitive | steagului | steagurilor |
| Accusative | steag | steaguri |
| Vocative | steagule | steagurilor |
Word family
steagflag
stegulețsmall flag, pennant
stegarstandard-bearer, ensign
steag albwhite flag, sign of surrender
Etymology
Steag comes from Old Slavic stěgъ, meaning a pole with a banner attached, used to mark a military unit. Romanian borrowed the word during centuries of close contact with Slavic-speaking neighbors and church culture. The original sense of a pole gave way in Romanian to the cloth banner itself. The word coexists with the rarer, Latin-derived stindard in formal use.
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