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ruinat
ruined /ru.iˈnat/
adjective#5352 most common
Also: bankrupt, in ruins, wrecked
Example sentences
Orașul este ruinat.
The city is ruined.
Castelul vechi este ruinat de multă vreme.
The old castle has been in ruins for a long time.
După incendiu, casa a rămas complet ruinată.
After the fire, the house remained completely ruined.
Familia s-a ruinat financiar din cauza datoriilor.
The family was financially ruined because of their debts.
Economia țării a fost ruinată de ani de corupție și proastă gestionare.
The country's economy was ruined by years of corruption and poor management.
Deși părea de neclintit, imperiul s-a ruinat treptat sub povara propriilor contradicții.
Although it seemed unshakable, the empire gradually fell into ruin under the weight of its own contradictions.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ruinat (m/n), ruinată (f) | ruinați (m), ruinate (f/n) |
| Genitive | ruinat (m/n), ruinate (f) | ruinați (m), ruinate (f/n) |
| Accusative | ruinat (m/n), ruinată (f) | ruinați (m), ruinate (f/n) |
| Vocative | ruinatule (m), ruinato (f) | ruinaților (m), ruinatelor (f/n) |
Word family
a ruinato ruin, to bankrupt
ruinăruin, wreckageruinarethe act or process of ruining
ruinătorruinous, destructive
Etymology
Ruinat is the past participle of the verb a ruina, "to ruin," which Romanian took from French ruiner. That verb in turn comes from Latin ruina, "a collapse, a fall," a noun built on the verb ruere, "to rush down, to collapse." The word entered Romanian in the 19th century, part of a wave of French and Latin borrowings that reshaped the modern vocabulary.
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