omorî

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See also: omori and Omori

Romanian

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Etymology

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic оморити (omoriti), variant of оуморити (umoriti), from Proto-Slavic *umoriti. Compare Serbo-Croatian umoriti.

First attested in the 1500s, in the oldest Romanian texts.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /o.moˈrɨ/
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  • Hyphenation: o‧mo‧rî

Verb

a omorî (third-person singular present omoară, past participle omorât) 4th conj.

  1. (transitive) to kill
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:omorî
  2. (transitive, figurative, hyperbolic) to kill (cause to experience distress)
  3. (reflexive, chiefly in the negative, figurative, informal) to exert oneself with a responsibility
    Angajații la stat nu se omoară cu munca.
    State employees aren’t busting their chops working.
  4. (transitive, obsolete, religion) to mortify (practice discipline on oneself)
    Synonym: mortifica

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