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asasinat
assassinated /a.sa.siˈnat/
adjective#5244 most common
Also: murdered, killed (of a prominent figure)
Example sentences
Preşedintele a fost asasinat.
The president was assassinated.
Politicianul asasinat avea 45 de ani.
The assassinated politician was 45 years old.
Arhiducele Franz Ferdinand a fost asasinat la Sarajevo în 1914.
Archduke Franz Ferdinand was assassinated in Sarajevo in 1914.
Jurnalistul care investiga corupţia a fost asasinat în faţa casei sale.
The journalist investigating corruption was assassinated in front of his house.
Liderul opoziţiei, asasinat cu doar câteva zile înainte de alegeri, devenise un simbol al rezistenţei.
The opposition leader, assassinated just days before the elections, had become a symbol of resistance.
Istoricii încă dezbat dacă regele ar fi fost asasinat din motive politice sau ca urmare a unei conspiraţii de familie.
Historians still debate whether the king was assassinated for political reasons or as the result of a family conspiracy.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | asasinat | asasinaţi |
| Genitive | asasinat | asasinaţilor |
| Accusative | asasinat | asasinaţi |
| Vocative | asasinatule | asasinaţilor |
Word family
asasinan assassin, a murderer
a asasinato assassinate
asasinarethe act of assassinating
asasinatan assassination, a murder (neuter noun sense)asasinăa female assassin
Etymology
Asasinat is the past participle of a asasina, "to assassinate," borrowed from French assassiner. The French verb goes back through medieval Latin assassinus to Arabic, where it named the Nizari Ismaili sect whose followers carried out politically motivated killings. Romanian took the word into its first verb conjugation and formed the participle with the regular -at ending.
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