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rahat
shit / crap /raˈhat/
noun#354 most common
Also: Turkish delight (a jellied sweet, older/formal sense), damn it (interjection), junk, worthless thing
Example sentences
Câinele a făcut rahat pe covor.
The dog pooped on the carpet.
Rahat, am uitat cheile acasă!
Damn it, I forgot my keys at home!
Filmul ăsta e un rahat, nu-l mai văd.
This movie is crap, I'm not watching it anymore.
Taci, rahatule, nu mai vorbi prostii!
Shut up, you piece of shit, stop talking nonsense!
Toată treaba asta s-a dus de rahat din cauza incompetenței lor.
This whole thing went to shit because of their incompetence.
La bunica acasă mâncam rahat cu nucă în fiecare vară, fără să bănuiesc vreodată sensul vulgar pe care avea să-l capete cuvântul mai târziu.
At grandma's house I used to eat walnut Turkish delight every summer, never suspecting the vulgar sense the word would later take on.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | rahatul | rahaturile |
| Genitive | rahatului | rahaturilor |
| Accusative | rahatul | rahaturile |
| Vocative | rahatule | rahaturilor |
Word family
rahatshit; also Turkish delight
de rahatcrappy, lousy (e.g. o zi de rahat, a crappy day)
rahatuleyou piece of shit (insult)
a se duce de rahatto go to shit, to fall apart
rahagiua maker or seller of Turkish delight (dated)
Etymology
Romanian borrowed "rahat" from Ottoman Turkish "rahat," meaning comfort or ease, itself from Arabic "rāḥa" (rest, comfort). The word entered Romanian through the sweet called "rahat lokum," the comforting or restful morsel, which Romanians shortened to plain "rahat" for Turkish delight. Independently, colloquial Romanian repurposed the same word as coarse slang for excrement, a shift with no link to the original sense of comfort. The result is one word carrying an old, polite confectionery meaning and a newer, vulgar one side by side.
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