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târât
dragged (along the ground) /tɨˈrɨt/
adjective#4828 most common
Also: crawling, dragged out, wretched (of a life)
Example sentences
Sacul este târât pe jos.
The sack is being dragged along the ground.
Câinele bolnav mergea târât după stăpânul lui.
The sick dog walked, dragging itself, behind its owner.
Sacul greu a fost târât până la ușă.
The heavy sack was dragged to the door.
Rănitul a fost târât afară din mașina avariată de pompieri.
The injured man was dragged out of the wrecked car by the firefighters.
Trăia o viață târâtă, plină de umilințe și lipsuri.
He lived a wretched, dragged-out life, full of humiliation and want.
Trupul, târât pe caldarâmul rece, lăsa în urmă o dâră de sânge ce avea să bântuie multă vreme memoria martorilor.
The body, dragged over the cold pavement, left behind a trail of blood that would haunt the witnesses' memory for a long time.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | târât | târâți |
| Genitive | târât | târâți |
| Accusative | târât | târâți |
| Vocative | târât | târâți |
Word family
a (se) târîto crawl; to drag oneself or something along
târârecrawling, dragging (the action)
târâșcrawling, on all fours, dragging along the ground
târâtoarea creeping creature, e.g. a reptile
Etymology
Târât is the past participle of the verb a târî, meaning to crawl or to drag oneself or something along the ground. The origin of târî is uncertain. Romanian dictionaries generally list it as unclear, and some scholars place it among the pre-Roman substrate words of Romanian, though no firm cognate has been established outside Romanian. The form târât simply attaches the ordinary past-participle ending -t to this stem.
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