reteza

Romanian

Alternative forms

• răteza

Etymology

Unknown. 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.

Verb

a reteza (third-person singular present retează, past participle retezat) 1st conj.

1. to chop off, cut off, hew off, lop off, sever, dock, cut
2. to clean or cut off honeycombs from a beehive

Conjugation

    conjugation of reteza (first conjugation, no infix)

infinitive			a reteza
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

• tăia
• scurta