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îndoială
doubt /ɨndoˈjalə/
noun#1555 most common
Also: hesitation, uncertainty, misgiving
Example sentences
Am o îndoială.
I have a doubt.
Nu am nicio îndoială că vei reuși.
I have no doubt that you will succeed.
Fără îndoială, acesta este cel mai bun restaurant din oraș.
Without a doubt, this is the best restaurant in the city.
Mărturia martorului a pus la îndoială toată povestea.
The witness's testimony cast doubt on the whole story.
Îndoielile ei cu privire la decizie au crescut pe măsură ce trecea timpul.
Her doubts about the decision grew as time passed.
Dincolo de orice îndoială rezonabilă, acuzatul este vinovat.
Beyond any reasonable doubt, the defendant is guilty.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | îndoială | îndoieli |
| Genitive | îndoieli | îndoielilor |
| Accusative | îndoială | îndoieli |
| Vocative | îndoială | îndoieli |
Word family
a (se) îndoito bend, double; (reflexive) to doubt
îndoitbent, doubled
îndoielnicdoubtful, dubious
neîndoielnicundoubtedly, without doubt
doitwo (the numeral at the root of the word)Etymology
Îndoială is not a word Romanian inherited whole from Latin. It was built inside Romanian from the verb a îndoi, itself formed from în- plus doi ("two") plus a verb ending, meaning literally "to double" or "to bend." Used reflexively, a se îndoi came to mean "to be of two minds," and from there, "to doubt." The noun îndoială was then formed by adding the abstract-noun suffix -ală to that verb stem. The root doi itself goes back through Latin duo to the Proto-Indo-European word for "two."
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