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uriaș
huge /u.riˈaʃ/
adjective#2077 most common
Also: giant, enormous, gigantic
Example sentences
Balena este un animal uriaș.
The whale is a huge animal.
Copiii se tem de uriașul din poveste.
The children are afraid of the giant from the story.
Casa lor este uriașă.
Their house is huge.
Uriașii din legendele românești locuiesc în munți.
The giants from Romanian legends live in the mountains.
Compania a înregistrat pierderi uriașe anul trecut.
The company recorded huge losses last year.
Deși părea un uriaș neînfricat, se temea de întuneric ca un copil.
Although he looked like a fearless giant, he was afraid of the dark like a child.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | uriaș (m) / uriașă (f) | uriași (m) / uriașe (f) |
| Genitive | uriașului (m) / uriașei (f) | uriașilor (m/f) |
| Accusative | uriaș (m) / uriașă (f) | uriași (m) / uriașe (f) |
| Vocative | uriașule (m) / uriașo (f) | uriașilor |
Word family
uriașăhuge (feminine singular)
uriașigiants (masculine plural)
uriașehuge (feminine plural)
uriașulegiant! (vocative, used to address someone as a giant)
Etymology
The origin of "uriaș" is disputed among Romanian etymologists. Some link it to an old Cuman or Turkic word for giant, others to a Slavic source, but no version is settled. The word entered Romanian folklore as the standard term for the giants of fairy tales, and later spread into general use as an adjective for anything of enormous size.
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