/o.moˈrɨ/
OrigineBorrowed 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.
- transitiveto kill
- excessive, figuratively, transitiveto kill (cause to experience distress)
- figuratively, informal, reflexiveto enthusiastically exert oneself
“Angajații la stat nu se omoară cu munca.” — State employees aren’t busting their chops working.
- obsolete, transitiveto mortify (practice discipline on oneself)
Formea omorî 4th conjugation(canonical) · omoară(present, singular, third-person) · omorât(participle, past) · omoare(subjunctive, third-person) · a omorî(infinitive) · omorând(gerund) · omor(first-person, indicative, present, singular) · omori(indicative, present, second-person, singular) · omoară(indicative, present, singular, third-person) · omorâm(first-person, indicative, plural, present) · omorâți(indicative, plural, present, second-person) · omoară(indicative, plural, present, third-person) · omoram(first-person, imperfect, indicative, singular) · omorai(imperfect, indicative, second-person, singular) · omora(imperfect, indicative, singular, third-person) · omoram(first-person, imperfect, indicative, plural) · omorați(imperfect, indicative, plural, second-person) · omorau(imperfect, indicative, plural, third-person) · omorâi(first-person, indicative, perfect, singular) · omorâși(indicative, perfect, second-person, singular)