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obicei
habit /o.biˈt͡ʃej/
noun#604 most common
Also: custom, tradition, usual practice
Example sentences
Este un obicei bun.
It is a good habit.
Am un obicei de dimineață: beau apă imediat ce mă trezesc.
I have a morning habit: I drink water as soon as I wake up.
Acesta este un obicei vechi în satul nostru.
This is an old custom in our village.
Din obicei, bea o cafea înainte de muncă.
Out of habit, he drinks a coffee before work.
Obiceiurile tradiționale se transmit din generație în generație.
Traditional customs are passed down from generation to generation.
Deși obiceiul locului cerea altfel, ea a ales să nu se conformeze.
Although local custom demanded otherwise, she chose not to conform.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | obicei | obiceiuri |
| Genitive | obiceiului | obiceiurilor |
| Accusative | obicei | obiceiuri |
| Vocative | obiceiule | obiceiurilor |
Word family
obișnuitusual, accustomed
a (se) obișnuito get used to, to grow accustomed
neobișnuitunusual
dezobișnuito break a habit
de obiceiusually
Etymology
Obicei entered Romanian from Old Church Slavonic obyčajь, meaning custom or habit. Romanian absorbed many such terms from South Slavic contact during the medieval period, alongside its Latin core vocabulary. The word kept its everyday meaning largely intact: a repeated practice or a shared tradition.
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