deget
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Latin
[edit]Verb
[edit]dēget
Romanian
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Latin digitus, from Proto-Indo-European *deyḱ- (“to show, point out, pronounce solemnly”). Compare Aromanian dzeadzit. Doublet of digit.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]deget n (plural degete)
- finger
- digit (informal unit of width based on the thickness of one finger, historically equal to 25.4 mm)
- 1959 March 28, Pl. Danciu, “Unde se așterne praful [Where dust settles]”, in Scânteia Tineretului[1], number 3071, Bucharest, page 2:
- Pe soarta acestor mijloace materiale este stăpîn însă praful, gros și puternic de cîteva degete.
- But it’s the dust—thick and several finger widths strong—that rules over the fate of this material capital.
Declension
[edit]singular | plural | ||||
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indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | ||
nominative-accusative | deget | degetul | degete | degetele | |
genitive-dative | deget | degetului | degete | degetelor | |
vocative | degetule | degetelor |
Derived terms
[edit]- arăta cu degetul
- deget inelar
- deget mare
- degețel
- degetar
- juca pe degete
- mișca un deget
- număra pe degete
- se ascunde după deget
- se trage în degete
Collocations
[edit]- deget de la picior ― toe
References
[edit]- deget in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)
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- Rhymes:Romanian/ed͡ʒet
- Rhymes:Romanian/ed͡ʒet/2 syllables
- Romanian lemmas
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- ro:Body parts