urma

Possibly from a Vulgar Latin root *orma or *osma, from Ancient Greek ὀσμή (osmḗ). Compare Italian orma, Romanian urmă, also Spanish husma and Venetan usma.

urma f (plural urme)

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

urma

1. downfall, collapse, ruin

• urmay

From urmă, perhaps connected to a Vulgar Latin root *osmāre, ultimately from Ancient Greek ὀσμή (osmḗ). Compare Italian ormare, ormeggiare, also Spanish husmear, husmar, Old French osmer, Venetan usmar. Also compare adulmeca.

• IPA^(key): /urˈma/

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• Rhymes: -a
• Hyphenation: ur‧ma

a urma (third-person singular present urmează, past participle urmat) 1st conjugation

1. (transitive or intransitive) to follow (go where someone else goes, not in pursuit) [with direct object; or (obsolete) with dative]

   Asistenții îl urmează pe doctor în salon.

   The assistants follow the doctor into the hospital room.

   • 1897 February 8, Ion Luca Caragiale, “C. A. Rosetti”, in Epoca [The Epoch], year 3, number 371, 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) to follow (be someone’s follower or partner)
3. (transitive, uncommonly, intransitive) to follow (go along a physical path or a course of action) [with direct object; or (obsolete) with dative]

   Expediția a urmat traseul fluviului.

   The expedition followed the path of the river.

   • 1907, Ioan Slavici, Corbei, part 2, chapter 1; published serially in Tribuna, year 11, number 3, Arad, 1907 January 17, page 2:

     » […] Tribunalele reg. ung. își fac datoria în toate împregiurările, și procesul trebue să-și urmeze cursul«.

     [― […] Tribunalele regionale ungurești își fac datoria în toate împrejurările, și procesul trebuie să-și urmeze cursul.]

     “ […] The regional Hungarian tribunals are doing their job in any circumstance, and the process must follow its course.”

4. (transitive or intransitive) to follow (act in accordance with instructions, examples, methods etc.) [with direct object; or (obsolete) with dative]
5. (transitive) to attend an educational institution, a course or an educational stage

   Mihai Eminescu a urmat Universitatea din Viena.

   Mihai Eminescu attended the University of Vienna.

   La vârsta de 13 ani, un copil urmează, de regulă, ciclul gimnazial.

   At the age of 13, a child is typically attending middle school.

6. (transitive or intransitive) to be next, to follow, to succeed [with direct object; or with dative]

   după cum urmează ― as follows

   Ce urmează? ― What’s next?

7. (intransitive with auxiliary character) to be going to
8. (transitive, obsolete) synonym of urmări (“to pursue, have as an aim”)

• urmare
• următor

• urmări

• IPA^(key): /ˈur.ma/

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• Rhymes: -urma
• Hyphenation: ur‧ma

urma f

1. definite nominative/accusative singular of urmă (“track; mark”)

• “urma”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2025

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

ùrma f (Cyrillic spelling у̀рма)

1. alternative form of hurma

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