ameți
Romanian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Possibly from a Vulgar Latin *ammatīre, from Late Latin mattus (“drunk, intoxicated”), from Latin madidus or *maditus, from madere (“be wet”) (cf. Italian ammattire (“to go crazy, insane”), matto (“insane, mad, crazy”)). Alternatively, from a Vulgar Latin root *ammatteāre (with a later change of conjugation in Romanian; compare Italian ammazzare (“to kill”), Spanish mazar), from *mattea (“club, mace, mallet, heavy stick, etc.”), whence Romanian măciucă (with a diminutive suffix), Italian mazza, Spanish maza. The original meaning in the Romanian word was probably "to hit, smack, beat senseless" (with a weapon such as a club), which then may have evolved into its current one of "to stun, make dizzy", while in Italian this became "to kill".[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]a ameți (third-person singular present amețește, past participle amețit) 4th conj.
- (transitive) to make dizzy, flustered, intoxicated, stun
- (intransitive) to become dizzy, intoxicated, stunned
Conjugation
[edit]infinitive | a ameți | ||||||
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gerund | amețind | ||||||
past participle | amețit | ||||||
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 | amețesc | amețești | amețește | amețim | amețiți | amețesc | |
imperfect | amețeam | amețeai | amețea | amețeam | amețeați | amețeau | |
simple perfect | ameții | amețiși | ameți | amețirăm | amețirăți | amețiră | |
pluperfect | amețisem | amețiseși | amețise | amețiserăm | amețiserăți | amețiseră | |
subjunctive | eu | tu | el/ea | noi | voi | ei/ele | |
present | să amețesc | să amețești | să amețească | să amețim | să amețiți | să amețească | |
imperative | — | tu | — | — | voi | — | |
affirmative | amețește | amețiți | |||||
negative | nu ameți | nu amețiți |
Derived terms
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[edit]- Romanian terms inherited from Vulgar Latin
- Romanian terms derived from Vulgar Latin
- Romanian terms inherited from Late Latin
- Romanian terms derived from Late Latin
- Romanian terms inherited from Latin
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- Romanian lemmas
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- Romanian verbs in 4th conjugation
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