sâneca
Romanian
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editProbably from a Vulgar Latin *sānicāre, from Latin sānus. Less likely from a root *signicāre (“make the sign of the cross”), referring to one’s morning prayers. Preserved only in popular spells.
Pronunciation
editVerb
edita sâneca (third-person singular present sânecă, past participle sânecat) 1st conj.
- (reflexive, regional) to wake up in the morning
- Love spell gathered by T. Popovici from Epureni, Vaslui County, Moldavia; published in Ion Creangă, year 3, number 4, Bârlad, 1910 April, page 109:
- M’am sânecat și m’am mânecat
Și dimineață m’am sculat; […]- I woke up and I got up
And I woke up in the morning; […]
- I woke up and I got up
Usage notes
editAlmost always found in formulaic association with its synonym mâneca.
Conjugation
edit conjugation of sâneca (first conjugation, no infix)
infinitive | a sâneca | ||||||
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gerund | sânecând | ||||||
past participle | sânecat | ||||||
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 | sânec | sâneci | sânecă | sânecăm | sânecați | sânecă | |
imperfect | sânecam | sânecai | sâneca | sânecam | sânecați | sânecau | |
simple perfect | sânecai | sânecași | sânecă | sânecarăm | sânecarăți | sânecară | |
pluperfect | sânecasem | sânecaseși | sânecase | sânecaserăm | sânecaserăți | sânecaseră | |
subjunctive | eu | tu | el/ea | noi | voi | ei/ele | |
present | să sânec | să sâneci | să sânece | să sânecăm | să sânecați | să sânece | |
imperative | — | tu | — | — | voi | — | |
affirmative | sânecă | sânecați | |||||
negative | nu sâneca | nu sânecați |
Related terms
editFurther reading
edit- sâneca in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)
- Iorgu Iordan, Alexandru Graur, Ion Coteanu, editors (1990), “sinecá”, in Dicționarul Limbii Române[1], volume 10, part 3, Bucharest: Academy of the Socialist Republic of Romania, page 959
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