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bolnav
sick /bolˈnav/
adjective#699 most common
Also: ill, unwell, diseased
Example sentences
Copilul este bolnav.
The child is sick.
Sora mea e bolnavă azi și nu merge la școală.
My sister is sick today and isn't going to school.
Vecinul nostru bolnav a fost dus la spital ieri.
Our sick neighbor was taken to the hospital yesterday.
Mulți pacienți bolnavi așteptau în sala de urgențe.
Many sick patients were waiting in the emergency room.
Deși se simțea bolnav, a insistat să meargă la muncă.
Although he felt sick, he insisted on going to work.
Sistemul de sănătate pare bolnav din temelii, incapabil să facă față unei crize de asemenea amploare.
The healthcare system seems sick to its core, unable to cope with a crisis of this scale.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | bolnav (m) / bolnavă (f) | bolnavi (m) / bolnave (f) |
| Genitive | bolnav (m) / bolnave (f) | bolnavi (m) / bolnave (f) |
| Accusative | bolnav (m) / bolnavă (f) | bolnavi (m) / bolnave (f) |
| Vocative | bolnavule (m) / bolnavo (f) | bolnavilor |
Word family
boalăillness, disease
a se îmbolnăvito become sick, to fall ill
îmbolnăvirethe act of falling ill
bolnăviciossickly, prone to illness
Etymology
Bolnav comes from Old Slavic, most likely a form related to Old Church Slavonic bolĭnŭ, meaning sick or ailing. Romanian absorbed a large layer of Slavic vocabulary in the early medieval period, especially in everyday domains like health and farming. The word has stayed close to its original sense ever since, with no major shift in meaning.
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