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nebunie
madness /ne.bu.ˈni.e/
noun#732 most common
Also: craziness, insanity, folly
Example sentences
Este o nebunie afară.
It's madness outside.
Ce nebunie, am pierdut trenul!
What madness, I missed the train!
Dragostea lui pentru ea era o adevărată nebunie.
His love for her was true madness.
A sări cu parașuta fără instructor e o nebunie curată.
Jumping with a parachute without an instructor is sheer madness.
Nebunia colectivă din timpul reducerilor de Black Friday a dus la busculadă în magazin.
The collective madness during the Black Friday sales led to a scuffle in the store.
Istoricii au descris domnia acelui tiran drept o nebunie sistematică, mascată sub aparența rațiunii de stat.
Historians described that tyrant's reign as a systematic madness, disguised under the appearance of reason of state.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | nebunie | nebunii |
| Genitive | nebunii | nebuniilor |
| Accusative | nebunie | nebunii |
| Vocative | nebunio | nebuniilor |
Word family
nebunmad, crazy; a madmannebunesccrazy, wild, frenzied
nebuneștemadly, wildly
înnebunito go mad, to drive crazy
nebunaticmischievous, playful
Etymology
Nebunie is built from the adjective nebun, meaning mad or crazy, plus the abstract-noun suffix -ie. Romanian dictionaries trace nebun to the negative prefix ne- attached to bun, meaning good, so the root sense is literally not-good. Over time nebun narrowed to mean insane or crazy, and nebunie names that state.
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