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cealaltă
the other one (feminine) /tʃe̯aˈlaltə/
adjective#4176 most common
Also: the other, the remaining one
Example sentences
Cealaltă carte este pe masă.
The other book is on the table.
Nu vreau cartea asta, o vreau pe cealaltă.
I don't want this book, I want the other one.
Sora mea locuiește într-un oraș, iar cealaltă soră locuiește în altul.
My sister lives in one city, and the other sister lives in another.
Dintre cele două soluții, cealaltă mi se pare mai potrivită.
Of the two solutions, the other one seems more suitable to me.
Deși părea convinsă de prima variantă, până la urmă a ales-o pe cealaltă.
Although she seemed convinced by the first option, in the end she chose the other one.
Cealaltă ipoteză, deși mai puțin vehiculată în literatura de specialitate, nu poate fi respinsă fără o analiză riguroasă.
The other hypothesis, although less discussed in the specialized literature, cannot be dismissed without rigorous analysis.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | cealaltă | celelalte |
| Genitive | celeilalte | celorlalte |
| Accusative | cealaltă | celelalte |
| Vocative | cealaltă | celelalte |
Word family
altother, another (masc.)
altăanother (fem.)
celălaltthe other one (masc. sg.)ceilalțithe other ones (masc. pl.)
altfelotherwise, differentlyEtymology
Cealaltă is the feminine singular form of celălalt, a Romanian demonstrative built by fusing the article-like demonstrative cel/cea with alalt, an old word for other. That inner word goes back to Latin alter. The result is a compound that literally points at something and marks it as the separate, remaining one.
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