și
Appearance
See also: Appendix:Variations of "si"
Megleno-Romanian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Latin sīc (“thus, so, like, in this way”).
Conjunction
[edit]și
Romanian
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- шѝ — pre-1860s Cyrillic form
- ши (și) — post-1930s Cyrillic spelling
- șî — regional
Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Inherited from Latin sīc (“thus, so, like, in this way”). Compare Aromanian shi, Megleno-Romanian și. Possibly related to Italian sia (originally a subjunctive form of essere “to be”) as in the construction sia … sia … (“both … and …”), which is equivalent to Romanian și … și …. (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)
Conjunction
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- (connecting words or sentences) and
- Synonyms: (only connecting sentences) iar, (obsolete) i
- În sertar sunt hârtii și câteva pixuri și creioane.
- In the drawer there are papers and a few pens and pencils.
- Connects the nonzero digit in the ones place to the rest of a number greater than 20, the way a hyphen does in English writing, or a fraction to the whole.
- Am în cont douăzeci și trei de mii șase sute patruzeci și unu de lei.
- I have twenty-three thousand six hundred forty-one lei in my account.
- ― Câte ture ai alergat? ― Două și jumătate.
- “How many laps did you run?” “Two and a half.”
- Used as a question by itself in dialogue to mean “and what?”.
- (informal) Connects two items in close causal connection and a one-to-one proportion, typically in elliptical sentences.
- În Japonia, procesul și condamnarea.
- In Japan, for every trial a conviction.
- Nu este realist în marketingul telefonic apelul și vânzarea.
- A sale for every call is unrealistic in telephone marketing.
- În toamna lui 1940, în Londra era ziua și bombardamentul.
- In the autumn of 1940, in London there would be an air raid every day.
- (informal) Ironically, within an exclamation, connects a topic of discussion with a trait or association deemed incompatible.
- „Republica Democrată Germană”? Ei și democrația!
- “German Democratic Republic”? They and democracy—what a joke!
- Placed between two repetitions of a noun to remark on the diversity in the ranks of said noun.
- Orice profesor știe că există copii și copii.
- Any teacher knows there are all sorts of children.
- (literally, “children and children”)
- Placed between two repetitions of a word to signify incessantness.
- Temperatura urcă și urcă.
- The temperature rises and rises.
- (Northwestern Transylvania) Synonym of să: to, in order to
Adverb
[edit]și
Etymology 2
[edit]See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronoun
[edit]și
Further reading
[edit]- și in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)
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- Megleno-Romanian lemmas
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- Rhymes:Romanian/i
- Rhymes:Romanian/i/1 syllable
- Romanian terms inherited from Latin
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- Romanian conjunctions
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