aluneca

Romanian

Alternative forms

• luneca — procopic
• lureca — obsolete

Etymology

Inherited from Latin lūbricāre, present active infinitive of lūbricō (“make slippery”). The original form was the now-obsolete lureca as intervocalic -r- and -n- are occasionally mixed in Romanian phonological evolution (cf. senin from serēnus and mărunt from minūtus). The -b- in the Latin consonant cluster -br- usually disappears in transitioning to Romanian (cf. faur < fabrum, fior < febris, and fereca < fabricāre).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.lu.neˈka/

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• Rhymes: -a
• Hyphenation: a‧lu‧ne‧ca

Verb

a aluneca (third-person singular present alunecă, past participle alunecat) 1st conj. (intransitive)

1. to slip
2. to slide, glide

Conjugation

    conjugation of aluneca (first conjugation, no infix)

infinitive			a aluneca
gerund			alunecând
past participle			alunecat
number		singular			plural
person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	alunec	aluneci	alunecă	alunecăm	alunecați	alunecă
	imperfect	alunecam	alunecai	aluneca	alunecam	alunecați	alunecau
	simple perfect	alunecai	alunecași	alunecă	alunecarăm	alunecarăți	alunecară
	pluperfect	alunecasem	alunecaseși	alunecase	alunecaserăm	alunecaserăți	alunecaseră
subjunctive		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	să alunec	să aluneci	să alunece	să alunecăm	să alunecați	să alunece
imperative		—	tu	—	—	voi	—
	affirmative		alunecă			alunecați
	negative		nu aluneca			nu alunecați

Derived terms

• alunecare
• alunecos
• alunecuș

References

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