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iertat

forgiven /jerˈtat/

adjective#4186 most common

Also: pardoned, excused

Example sentences

El este iertat.
He is forgiven.
Mama l-a iertat pe copil.
The mother forgave the child.
Te-am iertat pentru ce ai făcut.
I have forgiven you for what you did.
Greșelile ei au fost iertate în cele din urmă.
Her mistakes were finally forgiven.
Deși durerea nu a dispărut complet, el a fost iertat de familia sa.
Although the pain had not fully disappeared, he was forgiven by his family.
Vinovatul, iertat cu greu de comunitate, a încercat să-și repare reputația în anii următori.
The guilty man, grudgingly forgiven by the community, tried to repair his reputation in the following years.

Declension

CaseSingularPlural
Nominativeiertatiertați
Genitiveiertatiertați
Accusativeiertatiertați
Vocativeiertatiertați

Word family

a iertato forgive
iertareforgiveness
iertătorforgiving
neiertatunforgiven, unforgivable
de neiertatunforgivable (fixed phrase)

Etymology

Iertat is the past participle of the verb a ierta, to forgive. Romanian dictionaries trace a ierta to the Vulgar Latin verb libertare, meaning to free or set at liberty, itself built on liber, free. Over time the sense narrowed from a general freeing to the specific act of releasing someone from blame or debt. This makes iertat a distant cousin of words built on the Latin root for freedom rather than of any word meaning error or sin.

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