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logodnic
fiancé (betrothed man) /loˈɡodnik/
noun#3948 most common
Also: betrothed, husband-to-be
Example sentences
El este logodnicul meu.
He is my fiancé.
Logodnicul Mariei lucrează la Cluj.
Maria's fiancé works in Cluj.
Am cunoscut ieri logodnicul surorii mele.
I met my sister's fiancé yesterday.
Logodnicul ei i-a dăruit un inel cu diamant.
Her fiancé gave her a diamond ring.
Părinții logodnicului au organizat o petrecere de logodnă neașteptată.
The fiancé's parents organized an unexpected engagement party.
Deși logodnicul ei părea sigur pe el, nesiguranța din privirea lui trăda emoția dinaintea nunții.
Although her fiancé seemed confident, the uncertainty in his gaze betrayed his emotion before the wedding.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | logodnic | logodnici |
| Genitive | logodnicului | logodnicilor |
| Accusative | logodnic | logodnici |
| Vocative | logodnicule | logodnicilor |
Word family
logodnăengagement, betrothallogodnicăfiancée
a (se) logodito get engaged, to betroth
logodit / logodităengaged, betrothed
Etymology
Logodnic is built inside Romanian from logodnă, meaning engagement or betrothal, plus the suffix -nic, which turns a base noun into a word for a person connected to it. Logodnă itself came into Romanian from a Slavic source, likely Old Church Slavonic or early Bulgarian, a common path for family and social vocabulary given long contact between Romanian and Slavic speakers. The underlying Slavic sense involves agreement or coming to terms, fitting for a word about a mutual promise to marry.
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