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bastard
bastard /basˈtard/
noun#3824 most common
Also: illegitimate child, (as insult) scoundrel, jerk
Example sentences
El este bastard.
He is a bastard.
Regele a avut un fiu bastard.
The king had a bastard son.
Nu e frumos să-i spui cuiva bastard.
It's not nice to call someone a bastard.
Bastardule, de ce m-ai mințit?
You bastard, why did you lie to me?
În multe regate medievale, copiii bastarzi erau excluși de la succesiunea la tron.
In many medieval kingdoms, bastard children were excluded from succession to the throne.
Deși recunoscut informal de tatăl său, bastardul nu a putut revendica niciodată vreun drept legal asupra moștenirii familiale.
Although informally acknowledged by his father, the bastard could never claim any legal right to the family's inheritance.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | bastard | bastarzi |
| Genitive | bastardului | bastarzilor |
| Accusative | bastard | bastarzi |
| Vocative | bastardule | bastarzilor |
Word family
bastardăfemale bastard
a bastardizato bastardize, to corrupt or debase
bastardizarebastardization, the act of corrupting something
Etymology
Romanian borrowed "bastard" directly from French "bâtard" during the nineteenth-century push to re-Latinize and modernize Romanian vocabulary. The French word itself likely traces to "fils de bast," a child conceived on a pack-saddle during travel rather than in the marital bed, though the exact origin of "bast" is debated. Romanian kept both the form and the sense, using it for illegitimate children and, by extension, as a strong insult.
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