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asasin
assassin /asaˈsin/
noun#2796 most common
Also: murderer, killer
Example sentences
Asasinul a fugit.
The assassin fled.
Poliția caută un asasin periculos.
The police are looking for a dangerous assassin.
Asasinul a fost prins de poliție ieri.
The assassin was caught by the police yesterday.
Nimeni nu știa identitatea asasinului până la proces.
No one knew the assassin's identity until the trial.
Asasinii plătiți de regim au acționat în tăcere.
The assassins paid by the regime acted in silence.
Motivele asasinului au rămas un subiect de dezbatere printre istorici.
The assassin's motives have remained a subject of debate among historians.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | asasin | asasini |
| Genitive | asasinului | asasinilor |
| Accusative | asasin | asasini |
| Vocative | asasinule | asasinilor |
Word family
Etymology
Romanian borrowed "asasin" from French "assassin" during the 19th-century wave of French loanwords that reshaped Romanian vocabulary. French took the word from Italian "assassino", which came from Arabic. The Arabic term traces to the Nizari Ismaili sect known in medieval chronicles as the Hashshashin, though the exact link to "hashish" is debated by scholars.
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