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veșnic
eternal /ˈveʃnik/
adjective#3815 most common
Also: everlasting, perpetual, always / constantly (adverbial use)
Example sentences
Prietenia noastră este veșnică.
Our friendship is eternal.
El este veșnic nemulțumit.
He is always dissatisfied.
Munții par veșnici sub cerul senin.
The mountains seem eternal under the clear sky.
Ea caută o dragoste veșnică, nu una trecătoare.
She is looking for an eternal love, not a passing one.
Flacăra veșnică arde în memoria eroilor căzuți.
The eternal flame burns in memory of the fallen heroes.
Filozofii au dezbătut îndelung natura veșnică a sufletului uman.
Philosophers have long debated the eternal nature of the human soul.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | veșnic (m) / veșnică (f) | veșnici (m) / veșnice (f) |
| Genitive | veșnic (m) / veșnice (f) | veșnici (m) / veșnice (f) |
| Accusative | veșnic (m) / veșnică (f) | veșnici (m) / veșnice (f) |
| Vocative | veșnic (m) / veșnică (f) | veșnici (m) / veșnice (f) |
Word family
veșnicieeternity
a veșnicito immortalize, to make eternal
veșnicitimmortalized, made eternal
veacage, century (root cognate)Etymology
Veșnic entered Romanian from Old Church Slavonic during the centuries of close contact between early Romanian speakers and Slavic populations in the Balkans. It comes from the Slavic root vek, meaning age or long span of time, the same root behind the plain Romanian noun veac (century, age). The Slavic adjectival suffix that Romanian rendered as -nic turned that root into a word for something lasting through the ages. Many such Slavic-derived words entered Romanian in this period, before later centuries brought a stronger return to Latin-based vocabulary.
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