deosebit

Romanian

Etymology

Past participle of deosebi. First attested in c. 1690.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /de.o.seˈbit/

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• Rhymes: -it
• Hyphenation: de‧o‧se‧bit

Adjective

deosebit m or n (feminine singular deosebită, masculine plural deosebiți, feminine and neuter plural deosebite)

1. (now uncommon) separate, apart
   • 1905, Nicolae Iorga, Istoria românilor în chipuri și icoane [History of the Romanians in faces and illustrations]‎^[1], volume 2, Bucharest: Socec, archived from the original on 8 July 2023, page 198:

     Armeniĭ îșĭ aveaŭ mahalaua lor deosebită.

     The Armenians had their own separate neighbourhood.

2. different, distinct
   • 1968, Alexandru Ivasiuc, Interval‎^[2], Bucharest: Editura pentru Literatură, archived from the original on 8 July 2023, page 212:

     […] fiecare fată se poate transforma devenind tot mai mult mama ei, chiar dacă la un moment dat par atît de deosebite.

     […] any girl can transform, becoming more and more like her mother, though they may at one point look so different.

3. special, unusual, remarkable, prominent, great
4. (especially of people) distinguished through good qualities
5. (in the plural, preposited, uncommon) diverse, various

Declension

		singular				plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine		masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	deosebit		deosebită		deosebiți	deosebite
	definite	deosebitul		deosebita		deosebiții	deosebitele
genitive- dative	indefinite	deosebit		deosebite		deosebiți	deosebite
	definite	deosebitului		deosebitei		deosebiților	deosebitelor

Synonyms

• (separate): separat
• (different): diferit, distinct
• (various): diferit, divers, felurite

Related terms

• osebit

Collocations

• în mod deosebit ― especially, to a high degree

Adverb

deosebit

1. (now uncommon) separately
2. (modifies adjectives, succeeded by de) especially, extremely, very

Verb

deosebit (past participle of deosebi)

1. past participle of deosebi

References

• deosebit in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)
• Marius Sala, Gheorghe Mihăilă, editors (2006), Dicționarul Limbii Române‎^[3], volume 1, part 4, pages 440–442