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băiaț
boy /bəˈjat/
noun#401 most common
Also: lad, young man, son (colloquial)
Example sentences
Acesta este un băiat.
This is a boy.
Băiatul se joacă în parc.
The boy is playing in the park.
Am doi băieți și o fată.
I have two boys and a girl.
Băiatului îi place să citească povești înainte de culcare.
The boy likes to read stories before bed.
Deși era doar un băiat, a dat dovadă de o maturitate neobișnuită.
Although he was just a boy, he showed unusual maturity.
Amintirile din copilărie, când eram un băiat neastâmpărat care alerga desculț prin sat, îmi revin adesea în minte.
Memories from childhood, when I was a restless boy who ran barefoot through the village, often come back to me.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | băiat | băieți |
| Genitive | băiatului | băieților |
| Accusative | băiat | băieți |
| Vocative | băiete | băieților |
Word family
băiețellittle boy (diminutive)
băiețandruyoung lad, stripling
băiețescboyish
băiețiboys (plural, also used informally for 'guys')
Etymology
The standard Romanian word is spelled "băiat"; "băiaț" is a variant spelling, likely from older or regional orthography where final -t was rendered with a cedilla. Dictionaries such as DEX list the origin of "băiat" as uncertain. No confirmed link to Latin has been established, which is unusual for such a basic, everyday word.
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