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uscat
dry /usˈkat/
adjective#1956 most common
Also: dry land (as opposed to sea or water), dried (of fruit, plants, skin)
Example sentences
Pâinea este uscată.
The bread is dry.
Vremea a fost foarte uscată vara aceasta.
The weather was very dry this summer.
Am pus fructele la uscat pe balcon.
I put the fruit out to dry on the balcony.
Corabia a ajuns în sfârșit pe uscat.
The ship finally reached dry land.
Solul uscat și crăpat arăta ca o hartă a deșertului.
The dry, cracked soil looked like a map of a desert.
Deși clima devenise tot mai uscată, fermierii găsiseră metode ingenioase de a-și iriga culturile.
Although the climate had grown increasingly dry, the farmers had found ingenious ways to irrigate their crops.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | uscat (m.) / uscată (f.) | uscați (m.) / uscate (f.) |
| Genitive | uscat (m.) / uscate (f.) | uscați (m.) / uscate (f.) |
| Accusative | uscat (m.) / uscată (f.) | uscați (m.) / uscate (f.) |
| Vocative | not commonly used | not commonly used |
Word family
a uscato dry something
uscăciunedryness
uscătordryer, drying machine
uscățivskinny, scrawny, literally dryish
Etymology
Uscat comes from Latin exsiccatus, the past participle of exsiccare, meaning to dry out completely. Exsiccare is built from the prefix ex- (out, thoroughly) plus siccare, a verb formed on siccus, meaning dry. The same Latin root gave many Romance languages their basic word for dry.
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