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bătai
beating (a blow, strike, or fight) /bəˈtaje/
noun#1432 most common
Also: blow / strike, heartbeat (bătăile inimii), range (bătaia armei)
Example sentences
Am auzit o bătaie în ușă.
I heard a knock at the door.
Băieții s-au luat la bătaie în curtea școlii.
The boys got into a fight in the schoolyard.
Simțeam bătăile inimii foarte tare.
I could feel my heartbeats very strongly.
Bătăile de cap cu actele nu se mai termină.
The hassles with the paperwork never end.
A încasat o bătaie soră cu moartea de la cei doi bărbați.
He took a beating that nearly killed him from the two men.
Bătaia acestei arme ajunge până la două mii de metri, fapt ce sporește pericolul pe câmpul de luptă.
This weapon's range reaches up to two thousand meters, a fact that raises the danger on the battlefield.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | bătaie | bătăi |
| Genitive | bătăii | bătăilor |
| Accusative | bătaie | bătăi |
| Vocative | bătaie | bătăi |
Word family
a bateto beat, hit, strike
bătutbeaten
bătătorbeater, whisk
bătaie de caphassle, headache (idiom)
abateto deflect, digress
Etymology
Bătaie comes from the Romanian verb a bate, meaning to hit or strike, with the suffix -aie added to form a noun naming the resulting action. A bate continues Latin battuere, to beat or fight, the same source that gave French battre, Italian battere, and Spanish batir. The deeper origin of Latin battuere is disputed, some scholars trace it to a Gaulish word for striking, so no secure Indo-European root can be given here.
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