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băiat
boy /bəˈjat/
noun#310 most common
Also: young man, boyfriend (colloquial, e.g. "băiatul meu"), lad/guy (informal address)
Example sentences
Acesta este un băiat.
This is a boy.
Băiatul are zece ani.
The boy is ten years old.
Am văzut un băiat jucându-se în parc.
I saw a boy playing in the park.
Băiatul acela a fost mereu curajos, chiar și atunci când toți ceilalți se temeau.
That boy has always been brave, even when everyone else was afraid.
Părinții băiatului au fost chemați la școală din cauza comportamentului lui.
The boy's parents were called to school because of his behavior.
Deși mulți îl considerau doar un băiat de la țară, el a ajuns un om de afaceri respectat în întreaga regiune.
Although many saw him as just a boy from the countryside, he became a respected businessman across the region.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | băiatul | băieții |
| Genitive | băiatului | băieților |
| Accusative | băiatul | băieții |
| Vocative | băiete | băieților |
Word family
băiețellittle boy (diminutive, affectionate)
băiețandruyoung lad, stripling
băiețoi / băiețoasăboyish, tomboyish (often said of a girl)
băiețimethe boys, lads (as a collective group)
Etymology
The origin of băiat is not settled. Romanian dictionaries generally list it as being of unclear origin, since it does not come from Latin like most core Romanian vocabulary. Some linguists connect it to a pre-Roman Balkan substratum word, comparing it to Albanian terms for son and daughter, but this link remains a hypothesis rather than a proven fact. Because the evidence is thin, no reconstructed root can be stated with confidence.
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