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suge
to suck /ˈsu.dʒe/
verb#4296 most common
Also: to nurse (of a baby or animal), to drain, to sap (figurative)
Example sentences
Bebelușul suge lapte.
The baby sucks milk.
Copilul suge degetul mare.
The child sucks his thumb.
Ea suge o acadea cu aromă de căpșuni.
She sucks a strawberry-flavored lollipop.
Vițelul sugea lacom la uger.
The calf suckled greedily at the udder.
Micuții sug instinctiv orice le atinge buzele.
Small children instinctively suck anything that touches their lips.
Boala îndelungată i-a supt toată vlaga.
The prolonged illness drained all his strength.
Conjugation
| Present Active | Simple Past Active | Simple Future Active | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1sg | sug | supsei | voi suge |
| 2sg | sugi | supseși | vei suge |
| 3sg | suge | supse | va suge |
| 1pl | sugem | supserăm | vom suge |
| 2pl | sugeți | supserăți | veți suge |
| 3pl | sug | supseră | vor suge |
Word family
sugarnursing infant, baby
sugativăblotting paper
suptsunken, hollow (e.g., cheeks)
Etymology
Suge descends directly from the Latin verb sugere, meaning to suck. Romanian kept the core meaning intact, covering nursing infants, animals feeding, and the general act of drawing liquid in with the mouth. The Latin root traces back to a deeper Indo-European base for sucking, which also gave Germanic languages their word for the same action. So Romanian and English arrived at similar-sounding, similar-meaning words through separate branches of the same family tree.
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