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sursă
source /ˈsur.sə/
noun#1315 most common
Also: origin, informant (journalism)
Example sentences
Aceasta este o sursă de apă.
This is a water source.
Am nevoie de o sursă de energie.
I need a source of energy.
Jurnalistul nu și-a dezvăluit sursa.
The journalist did not reveal his source.
Sursele oficiale au confirmat știrea.
Official sources confirmed the news.
Autenticitatea documentului depinde de credibilitatea sursei.
The authenticity of the document depends on the credibility of the source.
Fără a-și cita sursele, autorul riscă acuzații de plagiat.
Without citing his sources, the author risks accusations of plagiarism.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | sursă | surse |
| Genitive | surse | surse |
| Accusative | sursă | surse |
| Vocative | sursă | surse |
Word family
sursăsourceresursăresource
sursă de venitsource of income
sursă sigurăreliable source (common in news reporting)
Etymology
Sursă entered Romanian from French source, part of a wave of French borrowings that reshaped Romanian vocabulary in the 19th century. French source itself descends from Latin surgere, meaning to rise or spring up, the same verb that gives English surge. The image is of water rising from the ground, which is why a spring or a well can be called a sursă.
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