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urs
bear /ˈurs/
noun#2157 most common
Also: clumsy or gruff person (figurative)
Example sentences
Am văzut un urs în pădure.
I saw a bear in the forest.
Ursul doarme iarna.
The bear sleeps in winter.
Copiii se joacă cu ursul de pluș.
The children play with the teddy bear.
Ursul brun trăiește în Carpați.
The brown bear lives in the Carpathians.
Ursul a fost relocat departe de sat după ce a atacat oile.
The bear was relocated far from the village after it attacked the sheep.
Populația de urși din România este cea mai mare din Europa, excluzând Rusia.
Romania's bear population is the largest in Europe, excluding Russia.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ursul | urșii |
| Genitive | ursului | urșilor |
| Accusative | ursul | urșii |
| Vocative | ursule | urșilor |
Word family
ursoaicăshe-bear
ursulețbear cub, or teddy bear
ursarbear tamer or trainer, a traditional Roma trade
ursescbear-like, of the bear
Etymology
Urs comes straight from Latin ursus, meaning bear. It is one of the plain Latin core words that survived in Romanian even after centuries of Slavic influence on the vocabulary. The word kept both its form and its meaning almost unchanged over two thousand years.
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