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stăpân
master, owner /stəˈpɨn/
noun#1777 most common
Also: lord, boss, ruler
Example sentences
Câinele își iubește stăpânul.
The dog loves its master.
Stăpânul casei este acasă.
The master of the house is at home.
Pisica a fugit de la stăpânul ei.
The cat ran away from its owner.
El se crede stăpân peste toată lumea din jur.
He thinks he is master over everyone around him.
Nimeni nu poate fi cu adevărat stăpân pe destinul altuia.
No one can truly be master of another person's fate.
În vechime, stăpânul moșiei avea putere de viață și de moarte asupra iobagilor.
In old times, the lord of the estate held power of life and death over the serfs.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | stăpân | stăpâni |
| Genitive | stăpânului | stăpânilor |
| Accusative | stăpân | stăpâni |
| Vocative | stăpâne | stăpânilor |
Word family
stăpânămistress, female owner
a stăpânito rule, to master, to control
stăpânirerule, dominion, control
stăpânitruled, controlled, restrained
stăpânitorruling, dominant
Etymology
Stăpân entered Romanian from South Slavic, most likely from a form related to Bulgarian stopanin, meaning owner or head of a household. It is one of many everyday Romanian words of Slavic origin that entered the language through centuries of contact in the Balkans. The word kept its core sense of someone who holds authority or ownership over a person, animal, or place.
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