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baiet
boy /bəˈjet/
noun#2201 most common
Also: lad, youth
Example sentences
El este un băiet cuminte.
He is a well-behaved boy.
Băietul acesta cântă frumos.
This boy sings beautifully.
Bunica striga mereu: „Hei, băiete, vino încoace!”
Grandma always called out: "Hey, boy, come here!"
În cântecele populare, băietul pleacă la oaste cu inima grea.
In folk songs, the lad leaves for war with a heavy heart.
Mulți băieți din sat au plecat la oraș să caute de lucru.
Many boys from the village left for the city to look for work.
Poetul evocă chipul unui băiet desculț, alergând pe ulițele satului de altădată.
The poet evokes the image of a barefoot lad, running through the lanes of the old village.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | băiet | băieți |
| Genitive | băietului | băieților |
| Accusative | băiet | băieți |
| Vocative | băiete | băieți |
Word family
băiatboy (standard modern form)băiețellittle boy
băiețandrustrapping lad, young man
fatăgirl (counterpart term)Etymology
Băiet is an older and regional variant of the standard modern word băiat, meaning boy or lad. The origin of this word is disputed among Romanian linguists, and dictionaries list it as uncertain rather than inherited directly from Latin. One hypothesis ties it to baie, meaning bath, suggesting an original link to boys who worked at bath houses, but this account is not settled. Because the root is unresolved, no reconstructed ancestor form can be stated with confidence.
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