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inamic
enemy /i.naˈmik/
noun#1284 most common
Also: enemy (adjective): hostile, opposing
Example sentences
Soldatul vede un inamic.
The soldier sees an enemy.
Inamicul atacă noaptea.
The enemy attacks at night.
Armata noastră a învins inamicul într-o singură zi.
Our army defeated the enemy in a single day.
Trupele inamice s-au retras spre graniță.
The enemy troops retreated toward the border.
Generalul a subestimat forțele inamicului, ceea ce a dus la o înfrângere costisitoare.
The general underestimated the enemy's forces, which led to a costly defeat.
Deși inamicul comun i-a unit temporar, vechile rivalități au reapărut imediat ce amenințarea a dispărut.
Although the common enemy united them temporarily, old rivalries resurfaced as soon as the threat vanished.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | inamicul | inamicii |
| Genitive | inamicului | inamicilor |
| Accusative | inamicul | inamicii |
| Vocative | inamicule | inamicilor |
Word family
Etymology
Romanian borrowed "inamic" in the nineteenth century, during the wave of French and Italian influence that reshaped much of the language's formal vocabulary. The source is Latin "inimicus," built from the negative prefix "in-" and "amicus," meaning friend. The word entered alongside the older, Slavic-derived "dușman," and the two now split by register: "inamic" sounds formal or military, "dușman" sounds everyday.
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