patimă

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Byzantine Greek πάθημα (páthēma).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpa.ti.mə/

• Audio:

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Noun

patimă f (plural patimi)

1. ardor, passion, powerful emotion
2. suffering, torment, torture
3. vice

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	patimă	patima		patimi	patimile
genitive-dative	patimi	patimii		patimi	patimilor
vocative	patimă, patimo			patimilor

Derived terms

• pătimaș
• pătimi

See also

• pasiune, zel, suferință, viciu

References

• Paliga, Sorin (2024) An Etymological Dictionary of the Romanian Language, New York: Peter Lang, →ISBN, page 402