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rusine
shame /ruˈʃi.ne/
noun#3838 most common
Also: embarrassment, disgrace
Example sentences
Mi-e rușine.
I am ashamed.
Nu-ți fie rușine de asta.
Don't be ashamed of that.
Copilul a plâns de rușine.
The child cried from shame.
Ce rușine pentru familia noastră!
What a shame for our family!
S-a făcut de rușine în fața colegilor.
He made a fool of himself in front of his colleagues.
Rușinea pe care a simțit-o atunci nu a dispărut niciodată.
The shame he felt back then never went away.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | rușine | rușini |
| Genitive | rușinii | rușinilor |
| Accusative | rușine | rușini |
| Vocative | rușine | rușinilor |
Word family
a se rușinato feel ashamed, to be shy
rușinosshy, bashful
rușinatashamed, embarrassed
nerușinatshameless, impudent
nerușinareshamelessness
Etymology
Rușine entered Romanian from a Slavic source, likely tied to Old Slavic rušiti, meaning to destroy or tear down. The sense shifted from physical ruin to social ruin, the feeling of one's standing being wrecked in front of others. It belongs to a large group of Slavic-origin words, alongside terms like taină, that entered Romanian through centuries of contact with South Slavic speakers.
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