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unghie
nail (fingernail or toenail) /ˈuŋ.ɡje/
noun#3092 most common
Also: fingernail, claw, talon
Example sentences
Am o unghie ruptă.
I have a broken nail.
Mama își vopsește unghiile roșii.
Mom paints her nails red.
Trebuie să-mi tai unghiile de la picioare.
I need to cut my toenails.
Unghia de la degetul mare mi s-a înnegrit după ce am lovit ușa.
The nail on my big toe turned black after I hit it on the door.
Pisica și-a înfipt unghiile în canapea și a rupt materialul.
The cat dug its claws into the sofa and tore the fabric.
Manichiurista mi-a pilit unghiile cu atâta grijă încât păreau sculptate.
The manicurist filed my nails so carefully that they looked sculpted.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | unghia | unghiile |
| Genitive | unghiei | unghiilor |
| Accusative | unghia | unghiile |
| Vocative | unghie | unghiilor |
Word family
unghienail, claw
unghiuțălittle nail (diminutive, often used for a baby's nails)
unghii falsefake nails, artificial nails
unghie încarnatăingrown nail
Etymology
Unghie descends from Latin ungula, a diminutive of unguis meaning nail or claw. The word passed down through spoken Latin in the region that became Romania, keeping its core meaning intact. The same Latin root gave English words like 'ungual' and 'ungulate', though those arrived through French and scholarly borrowing rather than direct inheritance.
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