dragoste

Romanian

Alternative forms

драгосте (dragoste) — post-1930s Cyrillic spelling

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic драгость (dragostĭ), from Proto-Slavic *dorgostь, from *dorgъ +‎ *-ostь.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈdra.ɡo.ste/
Audio (male voice): (file)
Audio (female voice): (file)
Rhymes: -aɡoste
Hyphenation: dra‧gos‧te

Noun

dragoste f (plural dragoste)

love
Synonym: iubire
- 2003, “Dragostea din tei [Love from the lindens]”, performed by O-Zone [O-Zone]:
  Chipul tău și dragostea din tei
  Mi-amintesc de ochii tăi.
  Your face and the love from the linden
  Remind me of your eyes.

Declension

Declension of dragoste

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(o) dragoste	dragostea	(niște) dragoste	dragostele
genitive/dative	(unei) dragoste	dragostei	(unor) dragoste	dragostelor
vocative	dragoste, dragosteo		dragostelor

Derived terms

drăgăstos (adjective)
drăgosteală f (noun)
drăgosti (verb)
îndrăgosti (verb)
face dragoste (“to make love”, verb)

Related terms

drag

Noun

dragoste f (plural dragoste)

(botany) orpine, livelong

See also

iarbă-de-ureche
rujă
șoaldină

Further reading

dragoste in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

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