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-ime (a suffix meaning roughly "-hood"/"-ness", attached to adjectives or nouns to form collective or abstract nouns) /ˈi.me/
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Also: -hood (collective-group suffix), -ness (abstract-quality suffix), the mass/body of (a group of people)
Example sentences
În parc este o mulțime de oameni.
There is a crowd of people in the park.
Tinerimea din sat a organizat un concert de vară.
The village's youth organized a summer concert.
Înălțimea muntelui ne-a impresionat pe toți.
The mountain's height impressed all of us.
Bătrânimea satului povestea des despre vremurile de demult.
The village elders often told stories about times long past.
Boierimea română a pierdut multe privilegii după reformele lui Cuza.
The Romanian nobility lost many privileges after Cuza's reforms.
Muncitorimea industrială s-a organizat treptat în sindicate puternice la sfârșitul secolului al XIX-lea.
The industrial working class gradually organized into powerful unions at the end of the 19th century.
Word family
mulțimecrowd, multitude
tinerimeyouth, young people as a group
bătrânimethe elderly, as a group
boierimethe nobility, boyar class
înălțimeheightEtymology
The suffix -ime comes from the Latin neuter noun suffix -imen, which formed action or result nouns such as lumen or culmen. In Romanian it was repurposed as a productive way to turn an adjective or noun into a feminine collective or abstract noun. So iute (quick) gives iuțime (speed), and tânăr (young) gives tinerime (the young people, youth).
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