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vad
ford (a shallow place to cross a river) /ˈvad/
noun#712 most common
Also: river crossing, commercial foot traffic (in "vad comercial")
Example sentences
Vaca trece prin vad.
The cow crosses through the ford.
Copiii au găsit un vad bun pentru scăldat.
The children found a good ford for swimming.
Am traversat râul prin vad, fiindcă podul era stricat.
We crossed the river through the ford, because the bridge was broken.
Magazinul are vad comercial excelent.
The store has excellent foot traffic.
Vadurile râului s-au adâncit după ploile din primăvară.
The river's fords deepened after the spring rains.
Vadul acesta, folosit din vechime de localnici pentru a traversa apa fără punte, a fost înghițit de lacul de acumulare.
This ford, used since ancient times by locals to cross the water without a bridge, was swallowed by the reservoir lake.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | vad / vadul | vaduri / vadurile |
| Genitive | vad / vadului | vaduri / vadurilor |
| Accusative | vad / vadul | vaduri / vadurile |
| Vocative | vadule | vadurilor |
Word family
vad comercialcommercial foot traffic, prime retail location
vadurifords (plural)
vad piscicola fishing spot in a river
Etymology
Romanian "vad" comes directly from Latin "vadum," meaning a ford or shallow crossing in a river. It is one of the words that survived from the Latin base of the language rather than entering later through Slavic. The concrete meaning of a river crossing later extended into commerce, where "vad comercial" describes the flow of potential customers past a shop.
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