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man
liege vassal (a free Transylvanian peasant bound to military service for a lord) /ˈman/
noun#2242 most common
Also: free vassal-peasant, yeoman-soldier
Example sentences
Manul locuiește în sat.
The vassal lives in the village.
Manii aveau pământ de la domn.
The vassals had land from the lord.
În Evul Mediu, manii din Făgăraș slujeau domnul cu oaste.
In the Middle Ages, the vassals of Făgăraș served the lord with troops.
Manul trebuia să lupte pentru senior în schimbul pământului primit.
The vassal had to fight for the lord in exchange for the land he received.
Documentele vechi menționează obligațiile militare ale manilor față de cetatea Făgărașului.
Old documents mention the military obligations of the vassals toward the fortress of Făgăraș.
Statutul juridic al manului, aflat între țăranul liber și boierul mărunt, reflectă particularitățile regimului feudal transilvănean.
The legal status of the vassal, situated between the free peasant and the petty boyar, reflects the particularities of the Transylvanian feudal regime.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | man | mani |
| Genitive | manului | manilor |
| Accusative | man | mani |
| Vocative | man | manilor |
Word family
maniplural: the vassals as a social class
mănimecollective term for the body of mani as a group
mănescbelonging to or characteristic of the mani (e.g. a village owing them allegiance)
Etymology
The word surfaces in Romanian only in the historical vocabulary of medieval Transylvania, especially the Făgăraș region, where it named a free peasant who held land in exchange for military service to a lord. Its origin is disputed among Romanian linguists and historians, and no source traces it back with confidence to a specific Latin, Slavic, or Hungarian root. Because the derivation is not settled, no reconstructed root is given here.
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