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biată
poor, unfortunate (wretched thing) — feminine singular form of "biet" /ˈbja.tə/
adjective#4434 most common
Also: pitiful, wretched, poor thing (term of pity)
Example sentences
Este o biată pisică.
It's a poor cat.
Biata bunică plânge des.
The poor grandmother cries often.
Am întâlnit o biată femeie pe stradă, fără adăpost.
I met a poor homeless woman on the street.
Biata fată a fost nevoită să renunțe la studii din cauza sărăciei.
The poor girl was forced to give up her studies because of poverty.
Biata de ea nu a mai avut curajul să ceară ajutor, deși suferea în tăcere de ani de zile.
Poor thing, she no longer had the courage to ask for help, even though she had been suffering in silence for years.
Cine s-ar fi gândit că, în ciuda eforturilor sale neobosite, biata femeie avea să sfârșească atât de singură și de uitată de toți?
Who would have thought that, despite her tireless efforts, the poor woman would end up so alone and forgotten by everyone?
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | biată | biete |
| Genitive | bietei | bietelor |
| Accusative | biată | biete |
| Vocative | biată | biete |
Word family
bietpoor, wretched (masculine singular)
biețipoor, wretched (masculine plural)
bietepoor, wretched (feminine plural)
biatathe poor... (definite feminine singular, used in pitying address)
Etymology
Biată is the feminine singular of biet, an old adjective borrowed into Romanian from a Slavic source meaning "poor" or "wretched." It has stayed close to that sense for centuries, used to mark pity rather than economic poverty. Romanian keeps it mostly in front of the noun it modifies, often fused with the definite article, as in biata femeie, "the poor woman."
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