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suflet
soul /ˈsu.flet/
noun#602 most common
Also: heart (as seat of feeling), spirit, person (in phrases like 'not a soul')
Example sentences
Am un suflet bun.
I have a good soul.
Sufletul ei este blând.
Her soul is gentle.
Te iubesc din tot sufletul.
I love you with all my heart.
Bunicul avea un suflet cald și era mereu gata să ajute vecinii.
Grandpa had a warm heart and was always ready to help the neighbors.
Ce mai faci, sufletule?
How are you, my dear?
Filozofii antici se întrebau dacă sufletul este nemuritor sau piere odată cu trupul, o dezbatere care continuă și astăzi.
Ancient philosophers wondered whether the soul is immortal or perishes with the body, a debate that continues even today.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | suflet | suflete |
| Genitive | sufletului | sufletelor |
| Accusative | suflet | suflete |
| Vocative | sufletule | sufletelor |
Word family
a suflato blow
suflarebreath, blowing
sufletescof the soul, spiritual
însuflețitanimated, lively
neînsuflețitinanimate, lifeless
Etymology
Suflet comes from Latin sufflare, meaning to blow. The link between breath and soul is old and widespread: many languages treat the soul as the breath that animates the body. Romanian kept this connection directly in its everyday word for soul, unlike languages that borrowed a separate learned term.
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