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văr
cousin (male) /ˈvər/
noun#2377 most common
Also: kinsman (dated/broad sense)
Example sentences
El este vărul meu.
He is my cousin.
Am un văr în București.
I have a cousin in Bucharest.
Vărul meu vine la noi de sărbători.
My cousin comes to visit us for the holidays.
Nu ne-am mai văzut cu vărul meu de cinci ani.
My cousin and I haven't seen each other in five years.
Deși suntem veri primari, ne-am cunoscut abia la nunta bunicii.
Although we are first cousins, we only met at our grandmother's wedding.
Moștenirea a fost împărțită între frați și veri, ceea ce a stârnit numeroase certuri în familie.
The inheritance was split among siblings and cousins, which set off many family quarrels.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | văr / vărul | veri / verii |
| Genitive | vărului | verilor |
| Accusative | văr / vărul | veri / verii |
| Vocative | vere | verilor |
Word family
verișoarăfemale cousin (common everyday term)
verișormale cousin (affectionate/diminutive)
varăfemale cousin (older/regional, also homonym of 'summer')văr primarfirst cousin
văr de-al doileasecond cousin
Etymology
Văr comes down directly from spoken Latin, part of the oldest layer of Romanian kinship words, alongside frate (brother) and soră (sister). Its precise Latin source is debated among etymologists, so no single form can be stated with confidence. Most other Romance languages replaced their old Latin cousin-term with newer coinages, which is why văr has no obvious living cognate elsewhere in the family.
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