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piată
lying face down, prone (on one's stomach) /ˈpja.tə/
adjective#5381 most common
Also: prone, flat on one's stomach
Example sentences
Pisica e piată pe pat.
The cat is lying face-down on the bed.
Copilul a adormit piat pe canapea.
The child fell asleep face-down on the couch.
Fata zăcea piată în nisip după ce a căzut din barcă.
The girl lay face-down in the sand after she fell out of the boat.
După petrecere, băieții au rămas piați pe covor toată noaptea.
After the party, the boys stayed lying face-down on the carpet all night.
Statuile antice, prăbușite de cutremur, au fost găsite piate, cu fața spre pământul care le înghițise pe jumătate.
The ancient statues, toppled by the earthquake, were found lying face-down, their faces toward the ground that had half swallowed them.
Se spune că, în tradiția satului, cel care găsea o pasăre moartă, piată în prag, trebuia să verse apă sfințită peste ea înainte de răsărit, altfel nenorocul avea să se abată asupra casei.
It is said that, in the village's tradition, whoever found a dead bird lying face-down on the doorstep had to pour holy water over it before sunrise, or misfortune would fall on the house.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | piat (m) / piată (f) | piați (m) / piate (f) |
| Genitive | piat (m) / piată (f) | piați (m) / piate (f) |
| Accusative | piat (m) / piată (f) | piați (m) / piate (f) |
| Vocative | piat (m) / piată (f) | piați (m) / piate (f) |
Word family
piatlying face down (masculine singular)
piațilying face down (masculine plural)
piatelying face down (feminine plural)
piatișface down, prone
Etymology
Piată is the feminine singular form of piat, a regional Romanian adjective describing a person or animal lying face down. It survives mainly in rural speech and folk narration, alongside the related adverb piatiș, meaning face down. Standard dictionaries do not agree on its origin, so no reliable root can be given.
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