urmă

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See also: urma, urmã, Urma, and Urmă

Romanian

Etymology 1

Possibly from a Vulgar Latin root *orma or Late Latin osma, ultimately from Ancient Greek ὀσμή (osmḗ) . Compare Aromanian urmã, Megleno-Romanian urmă, Istriot urma, Italian orma, also Spanish husma, Venetan usma and Friulian olme.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈur.mə/
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  • Rhymes: -urmə
  • Hyphenation: ur‧mă

Noun

urmă f (plural urme)

  1. (literally) footprint, track
    Un vânător cunoaște animalele după urme.
    A hunter knows animals by their tracks.
  2. mark (visible vestige of a contact or process)
    a lăsa o urmă ― to leave a mark
    Urma impactului se vede din spațiu.
    The mark left by the impact can be seen from space.
    Mașina a lăsat urme de frână.
    The car left skid marks.
  3. track, trail (mark left behind by a movement)
    Ducând în spate sacul rupt, am lăsat o urmă de grâu.
    Carrying the torn sack on my back, I left a trail of grain behind me.
  4. wake (what follows the passage of something)
    a lăsa în urmă ― to leave in its wake
    În urma tornadei nu este decât distrugere.
    In the wake of the tornado there is nothing but destruction.
  5. trace, vestige (material or immaterial proof of something’s existence)
    fără (de) urmă ― without a trace
    Săpăturile au dezvăluit urmele unei așezări preistorice.
    The excavations revealed the vestiges of a prehistoric settlement.
  6. (chiefly in the negative) trace (very small quantity or number of something)
    nici urmă ― not a trace
    Pe Lună nu există nicio urmă de viață.
    There is no trace of life on the Moon.
    ―Mai este apă? ―Nici urmă.
    “Is there any more water?” “Not a trace.”
  7. (in the plural) trace (proportionally insignificant residual amount)
    Aurul are o puritate de 99,99%, cu urme de cupru.
    The gold has a purity of 99.99%, with traces of copper.
  8. earth from someone’s footprint, used in folk magic
  9. (probably obsolete) one’s place of origin
    a trimite la urmă ― to send back where one came from
  10. (historical) unit of measurement equal to a sixth of a stânjen (circa 35 cm)
  11. (obsolete) sole
    Synonym: talpă
  12. (obsolete) footstep
    Synonym: pas
  13. (obsolete) Synonym of urmare (“result, consequence, that which follows”)
Declension
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative urmă urma urme urmele
genitive-dative urme urmei urme urmelor
vocative urmă, urmo urmelor
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /urˈmə/
  • Rhymes: -ə
  • Hyphenation: ur‧mă

Verb

urmă

  1. third-person singular simple past indicative of urma

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