Possibly from aVulgar Latin root*orma or*osma, fromAncient Greekὀσμή(osmḗ). CompareItalianorma,Romanianurmă, alsoSpanishhusma andVenetanusma.

urma f (pluralurme)

1. footprint
2. footstep,step
3. trace,mark

urma

1. downfall,collapse,ruin

• urmay

Fromurmă, perhaps connected to aVulgar Latin root*osmāre, ultimately fromAncient Greekὀσμή(osmḗ). CompareItalianormare,ormeggiare, alsoSpanishhusmear,husmar,Old Frenchosmer,Venetanusmar. Also compareadulmeca.

• IPA^(key): /urˈma/

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• Rhymes:-a
• Hyphenation:ur‧ma

a urma (third-person singular presenturmează,past participleurmat) 1st conjugation

1. (transitive or intransitive) tofollow(go where someone else goes,not in pursuit) [withdirect object;or(obsolete)withdative]

   Asistenții îlurmează pe doctor în salon.

   The assistantsfollow the doctor into the hospital room.

   • 1897 February 8,Ion Luca Caragiale, “C. A. Rosetti”, inEpoca [The Epoch], year 3, number371, page 2:

     ― In numele legiĭ, eștĭ arestat!…Urmează-mĕ!

     [― În numele legii, ești arestat!…Urmează-mă!]

     “In the name of the law, you are arrested!…Follow me!”

2. (transitive or intransitive) tofollow(be someone’s follower or partner)
3. (invariable) tobegoingto

• urmare
• următor

• urmări

• IPA^(key): /ˈur.ma/

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• Rhymes:-urma
• Hyphenation:ur‧ma

urma f

1. definitenominative/accusativesingular ofurmă(“track; mark”)

• urma inDEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

• IPA^(key): /ǔrma/
• Hyphenation:ur‧ma

ùrma f (Cyrillic spellingу̀рма)

1. Alternative form ofhurma

• “urma”, inHrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian),2006–2025

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