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pat
bed /ˈpat/
noun#477 most common
Also: gun stock, stalemate (chess)
Example sentences
Patul este mare.
The bed is big.
Mă duc la pat devreme.
I go to bed early.
Am cumpărat un pat nou pentru dormitor.
I bought a new bed for the bedroom.
Copilul a sărit pe pat de bucurie.
The child jumped on the bed with joy.
Spitalul dispune de cincizeci de paturi pentru pacienți.
The hospital has fifty beds for patients.
Zăcea țintuit la pat de săptămâni, incapabil să se ridice fără ajutor.
He lay bedridden for weeks, unable to get up without help.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | pat | paturi |
| Genitive | patului | paturilor |
| Accusative | pat | paturi |
| Vocative | patule | paturi |
Word family
pătuțsmall bed, crib
a sta în patto stay in bed
țintuit la patbedridden
patul puștiithe stock of a rifle
pat de spitalhospital bed
Etymology
Romanian breaks from its Romance neighbors here: French has lit, Italian letto, Spanish lecho, all from Latin lectus. Romanian instead uses pat, most likely from Latin pactus, the past participle of pangere, meaning to fix or fasten in place. The sense shift, from a fastened thing to a bed frame, fits how early beds were built as fixed wooden platforms rather than movable furniture.
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