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pustiu
deserted, empty (of people) /pusˈtiw/
adjective#2708 most common
Also: empty, desolate, wasteland, wilderness (as a noun)
Example sentences
Strada e pustie.
The street is deserted.
Satul e pustiu iarna.
The village is deserted in winter.
Camera a rămas pustie după plecarea lor.
The room stayed empty after they left.
Plaja era complet pustie în luna octombrie.
The beach was completely deserted in October.
Poporul a rătăcit patruzeci de ani prin pustiu.
The people wandered forty years through the wilderness.
Sufletul lui era pustiu, golit de orice speranță după atâția ani de singurătate.
His soul was desolate, emptied of all hope after so many years of loneliness.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | pustiu | pustii |
| Genitive | pustiu | pustii |
| Accusative | pustiu | pustii |
| Vocative | pustiu | pustii |
Word family
pustnichermit, anchorite
a pustiito devastate, lay waste
pustiitordevastating, ravaging
pustietatewasteland, desolation
pustiiredevastation, the act of laying waste
Etymology
Romanian "pustiu" comes from Old Church Slavonic "pustŭ", meaning empty or deserted. It entered Romanian during centuries of close contact with Slavic-speaking neighbors and took the native adjective ending "-iu", the same pattern seen in words like "viu" and "târziu". The word kept both its everyday sense of an empty place and a more solemn sense tied to the biblical desert or wilderness.
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