reteza
Romanian
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editUnknown. Perhaps from Common Slavic *rězati (“shorten”), but this presents phonetic difficulties. Another possibility may be a Vulgar Latin root *retizāre (“cut branches hanging above water”) < Latin retae, or *retundiāre (compare French rogner), or from Ancient Greek αἱρετίζω (hairetízō) ("to choose"). Starting with the meaning of "cutting tree branches" and therefore extending it to "cleaning", it could also be based on a variant of a hypothetical verb *neteza, from Latin *nitidiāre < nitidus (compare Romanian neted, netezi); see also the relation between necheza and râncheza. [1]
Verb
edita reteza (third-person singular present retează, past participle retezat) 1st conj.
- to chop off, cut off, hew off, lop off, sever, dock, cut
- to clean or cut off honeycombs from a beehive
Conjugation
edit conjugation of reteza (first conjugation, no infix)
infinitive | a reteza | ||||||
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gerund | retezând | ||||||
past participle | retezat | ||||||
number | singular | plural | |||||
person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | |
indicative | eu | tu | el/ea | noi | voi | ei/ele | |
present | retez | retezi | retează | retezăm | retezați | retează | |
imperfect | retezam | retezai | reteza | retezam | retezați | retezau | |
simple perfect | retezai | retezași | reteză | retezarăm | retezarăți | retezară | |
pluperfect | retezasem | retezaseși | retezase | retezaserăm | retezaserăți | retezaseră | |
subjunctive | eu | tu | el/ea | noi | voi | ei/ele | |
present | să retez | să retezi | să reteze | să retezăm | să retezați | să reteze | |
imperative | — | tu | — | — | voi | — | |
affirmative | retează | retezați | |||||
negative | nu reteza | nu retezați |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ reteza in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)