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amabil
kind, amiable /a.maˈbil/
adjective#3084 most common
Also: courteous, obliging, gracious
Example sentences
Ea este amabilă.
She is kind.
Vânzătoarea a fost amabilă cu mine.
The saleswoman was kind to me.
Mulțumesc, sunteți foarte amabil să mă ajutați.
Thank you, it's very kind of you to help me.
Recepționerii hotelului au fost extrem de amabili cu toți turiștii.
The hotel receptionists were extremely kind to all the tourists.
Deși era copleșit de muncă, directorul a răspuns amabil la fiecare întrebare a jurnaliștilor.
Although overwhelmed with work, the director answered each of the journalists' questions kindly.
Ar fi fost mai amabil din partea dumneavoastră să ne fi anunțat din timp despre schimbarea programului.
It would have been kinder of you to have informed us in advance about the schedule change.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | amabil (m.) / amabilă (f.) | amabili (m.) / amabile (f.) |
| Genitive | amabil (m.) / amabilă (f.) | amabili (m.) / amabile (f.) |
| Accusative | amabil (m.) / amabilă (f.) | amabili (m.) / amabile (f.) |
| Vocative | amabil (m.) / amabilă (f.) | amabili (m.) / amabile (f.) |
Word family
amabilitatekindness, amiability
inamabilunkind, lacking amiability (rare, literary)
amabilkindly (same form used adverbially)amicfriendEtymology
Amabil entered Romanian in the nineteenth century as a learned borrowing from French aimable and Latin amabilis, part of a broader effort to re-Latinize the vocabulary after centuries of Slavic and Greek influence. Latin amabilis was built from amare, to love, plus the suffix -bilis, meaning capable of or worthy of. The original sense was lovable, worthy of being loved, but in Romanian the word softened to describe someone polite and obliging.
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