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ucis

killed /uˈt͡ʃis/

adjective#1707 most common

Also: slain, murdered

Example sentences

El a ucis un șarpe.
He killed a snake.
Criminalul a fost ucis de poliție.
The criminal was killed by the police.
Șarpele a fost ucis cu o piatră.
The snake was killed with a stone.
Mulți soldați au fost uciși în acel război.
Many soldiers were killed in that war.
Presa a scris despre jurnalista ucisă în timp ce investiga corupția.
The press wrote about the journalist killed while she was investigating corruption.
Deși fusese ucis cu ani în urmă, numele său continua să apară în dosarele poliției.
Although he had been killed years earlier, his name kept turning up in police files.

Declension

CaseSingularPlural
Nominativeucis / ucisăuciși / ucise
Genitiveucisului / uciseiucișilor / uciselor
Accusativeucis / ucisăuciși / ucise
Vocativeucis / ucisăuciși / ucise

Word family

a ucideto kill
uciderekilling, murderucigașmurderer, killer
ucigătordeadly, lethal

Etymology

Ucis is the past participle of the verb a ucide, meaning to kill. Both descend from Latin occidere, itself built from ob- and caedere, to cut down or fell. The Latin passive participle occisus lost its initial vowel and simplified over time into Romanian ucis.

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