Borrowed fromMiddle Frenchurgent(“pressing, impelling”), fromLatinurgēns, fromurgēre(“to press”), fromProto-Indo-European*werǵʰ-(“bind, squeeze”). Equivalent tourge +-ent. Related toGermanwürgen(“to strangle”),Lithuanianver̃žti(“to string, tighten, constrict”),Russian (poetic)отверза́ть(otverzátʹ,“to open”, literally“to untie”),Polishotwierać(“to open”)) andEnglishworry,wring,wreak,wreck.
urgent (comparativemoreurgent,superlativemosturgent)
The primary meaning ofurgent is as a description of a pressing need. Especially in journalistic contexts, it is sometimes used by transference to describe the thing needed, or to mean "happening very soon", which some deem erroneous.
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urgent m orf (masculine and feminine pluralurgents)
urgent (comparativeurgenter,superlativeurgentst)
| Declension ofurgent | ||||
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| uninflected | urgent | |||
| inflected | urgente | |||
| comparative | urgenter | |||
| positive | comparative | superlative | ||
| predicative/adverbial | urgent | urgenter | heturgentst heturgentste | |
| indefinite | m./f. sing. | urgente | urgentere | urgentste |
| n. sing. | urgent | urgenter | urgentste | |
| plural | urgente | urgentere | urgentste | |
| definite | urgente | urgentere | urgentste | |
| partitive | urgents | urgenters | — | |
Borrowed fromLate Latinurgentem, present participle ofurgeō.
urgent (feminineurgente,masculine pluralurgents,feminine pluralurgentes)
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Borrowed fromFrenchurgent, fromLatinurgens.
urgent m orn (feminine singularurgentă,masculine pluralurgenți,feminine/neuter pluralurgente)
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| masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | |||
| nominative- accusative | indefinite | urgent | urgentă | urgenți | urgente | |||
| definite | urgentul | urgenta | urgenții | urgentele | ||||
| genitive- dative | indefinite | urgent | urgente | urgenți | urgente | |||
| definite | urgentului | urgentei | urgenților | urgentelor | ||||
