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zori
dawn, daybreak /ˈzo.rʲ/
noun#3402 most common
Also: first light, break of day
Example sentences
Mă trezesc în zori.
I wake up at dawn.
Zorii vin devreme vara.
Dawn comes early in the summer.
Am plecat la drum în zorii zilei.
We set off on the road at the break of day.
Lumina zorilor se strecura printre perdele.
The light of dawn crept in through the curtains.
Cocoșul vestește zorii cu un cântec ascuțit.
The rooster announces the dawn with a sharp crow.
Abia se crăpau zorii când coloana de refugiați pornise deja spre graniță.
Dawn had barely broken when the column of refugees had already set off toward the border.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | - | zori / zorii |
| Genitive | - | zorilor |
| Accusative | - | zori / zorii |
| Vocative | - | zorilor |
Word family
zorii zileithe break of day
zorelemorning glory flower
a se crăpa de ziuăfor dawn to break
aurorăaurora, dawn (more formal synonym)
Etymology
Romanian "zori" comes from Old Church Slavonic "zorja", meaning glow or dawn. It entered Romanian through long contact with Slavic-speaking populations in the medieval period, alongside many other everyday words. The word has stayed a pluralia tantum noun in Romanian, used only in the plural to describe the period just before sunrise.
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