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ud
wet /ˈud/
adjective#5172 most common
Also: damp, soaked, moist
Example sentences
Prosopul este ud.
The towel is wet.
Rochia ei este udă de ploaie.
Her dress is wet from the rain.
Nu merge desculț pe iarba udă.
Don't walk barefoot on the wet grass.
Pantofii lui erau uzi și plini de noroi.
His shoes were wet and covered in mud.
Copiii s-au întors acasă cu hainele ude leoarcă după furtună.
The children came home with their clothes soaked through after the storm.
Deși vântul rece îi biciuia fața, alergătorul continua, cu tricoul ud lipit de piele și pantofii uzi scârțâind la fiecare pas.
Though the cold wind lashed his face, the runner kept going, his shirt stuck wet to his skin and his soaked shoes squeaking with every step.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ud (m.) / udă (f.) | uzi (m.) / ude (f.) |
| Genitive | ud (m.) / ude (f.) | uzi (m.) / ude (f.) |
| Accusative | ud (m.) / udă (f.) | uzi (m.) / ude (f.) |
| Vocative | ud (m.) / udă (f.) | uzi (m.) / ude (f.) |
Word family
a udato water, to wet
udăturăwet patch, dampness
udarethe act of watering
udătoarewatering can
Etymology
"Ud" comes from Latin "udus", meaning wet or moist. The word survived largely unchanged through the centuries of Romanian's development from spoken Latin. It is one of the short, everyday Latin-derived adjectives that make up the core vocabulary of Romanian.
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