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feri

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Probably from Latin ferīre (“strike”), of Proto-Indo-European origin, with a related but shifted semantic development in Romanian (with the meaning seeming to derive from the reaction to being struck or attacked). Other less likely explanations include a Vulgar Latin *auferīre, from an alteration of auferre (as with suferi < suffere). Compare Aromanian afirescu, afiriri. Some have tried to connect it, at least in the archaic or regional sense of "to celebrate a holiday", with a Vulgar Latin *fērīre, from fēriae.

verb a feri 4th conjugation · ferește · ferit · a feri · ferind

reflexive, transitive to guard from, fend Aceștia trebuie să fie cu fața în sus, cu urechi păroase pe frunte, cu gura mare, astfel ca măselele căscate să verse foc mișcându-se, cu pântecele strânse îngust la vintre, cu coada scurtă, cu șale lungi, cu coama măruntă pe grumaz, nu prea stufoasă, dar îndestulă, ca să-i ferească de frig, iar sub
rare, transitive to duck, dodge, avoid O voce se aude strigând somnoroasă: ferește linia, ferește linia.
reflexive to recoil, shirk
to be on one's guard, be wary
obsolete to observe, keep 16th century, Schei Psalter 18:21
archaic, regional to respect or keep (a holiday), celebrate

In English

guard to protect from some offence

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@misc{feri_2026,
  title = {feri},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ro/feri},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}