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batran
old /bəˈtrɨn/
adjective#4257 most common
Also: old man / old woman (when used as a noun), elderly, aged
Example sentences
Bunicul meu este bătrân.
My grandfather is old.
Am o pisică bătrână și blândă.
I have an old, gentle cat.
Bătrânul din sat povestește multe întâmplări interesante despre trecut.
The old man from the village tells many interesting stories about the past.
Casa aceea veche era locuită de un bărbat bătrân care trăia singur.
That old house was lived in by an old man who lived alone.
Respectul față de cei bătrâni este o valoare fundamentală în cultura românească, transmisă din generație în generație.
Respect for the elderly is a fundamental value in Romanian culture, passed down from generation to generation.
Deși era bătrân și obosit, continua să lucreze pământul cu aceeași hărnicie pe care o avusese în tinerețe, refuzând să se lase copleșit de povara anilor.
Although he was old and tired, he kept working the land with the same diligence he had had in his youth, refusing to be overwhelmed by the weight of the years.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | bătrânul | bătrânii |
| Genitive | bătrânului | bătrânilor |
| Accusative | bătrânul | bătrânii |
| Vocative | bătrânule | bătrânilor |
Word family
bătrânețeold age
îmbătrânito grow old, to age
bătrânescof or belonging to old people, old-fashioned
bătrânellittle old man (affectionate diminutive)
Etymology
Bătrân descends from the Latin veteranus, which originally meant a soldier who had served many years, a veteran. Over centuries of sound change in popular Latin, veteranus narrowed to mean simply old and became the everyday Romanian word for old age. The word is an inherited Latin term, not a later borrowing, which is why its shape has changed so much from the source.
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