deosebit
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Past participle of deosebi. First attested in c. 1690.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
deosebit m or n (feminine singular deosebită, masculine plural deosebiți, feminine and neuter plural deosebite)
- (now uncommon) separate, apart
- 1905, Nicolae Iorga, Istoria românilor în chipuri și icoane [History of the Romanians in faces and illustrations][1], volume 2, Bucharest: Socec, archived from the original on 8 July 2023, page 198:
- Armeniĭ îșĭ aveaŭ mahalaua lor deosebită.
- The Armenians had their own separate neighbourhood.
- different, distinct
- 1968, Alexandru Ivasiuc, Interval[2], Bucharest: Editura pentru Literatură, archived from the original on 8 July 2023, page 212:
- […] fiecare fată se poate transforma devenind tot mai mult mama ei, chiar dacă la un moment dat par atît de deosebite.
- […] any girl can transform, becoming more and more like her mother, though they may at one point look so different.
- special, unusual, remarkable, prominent, great
- (especially of people) distinguished through good qualities
- (in the plural, preposited, uncommon) diverse, various
Declension edit
Declension of deosebit
singular | plural | ||||||
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masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
nominative/ accusative |
indefinite | deosebit | deosebită | deosebiți | deosebite | ||
definite | deosebitul | deosebita | deosebiții | deosebitele | |||
genitive/ dative |
indefinite | deosebit | deosebite | deosebiți | deosebite | ||
definite | deosebitului | deosebitei | deosebiților | deosebitelor |
Synonyms edit
Related terms edit
Collocations edit
- în mod deosebit ― especially, to a high degree
Adverb edit
deosebit
- (now uncommon) separately
- (modifies adjectives, succeeded by de) especially, extremely, very
Verb edit
deosebit (past participle of deosebi)
References edit
- deosebit in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)
- Marius Sala, Gheorghe Mihăilă, editors (2006), Dicționarul Limbii Române[3], volume 1, part 4, pages 440–442