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umăr
shoulder /ˈumər/
noun#1740 most common
Example sentences
Mă doare umărul.
My shoulder hurts.
Copilul doarme pe umărul tatălui.
The child sleeps on his father's shoulder.
Și-a pus geanta pe umăr și a plecat.
She put her bag on her shoulder and left.
Medicul i-a examinat umărul după accident.
The doctor examined his shoulder after the accident.
Ridică din umeri când nu știe răspunsul.
He shrugs his shoulders when he doesn't know the answer.
Poartă greutatea familiei pe umerii săi, fără să se plângă vreodată.
He carries the weight of the family on his shoulders, without ever complaining.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | umăr | umeri |
| Genitive | umărului | umerilor |
| Accusative | umăr | umeri |
| Vocative | umărule | umerilor |
Word family
umărașsmall shoulder; in some regions, a clothes hanger
umerarcoat hanger
umeralrelating to the shoulder (medical term)
a da din umerito shrug (idiom, literally 'to give from the shoulders')
Etymology
Umăr descends from Latin umerus, meaning shoulder or upper arm. Romanian kept the word through direct oral transmission from spoken Latin, unlike some Romance languages that replaced it with other terms. The sound changes follow regular Romanian patterns from Latin.
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