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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
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ucis / ucisă | uciși / ucise |
| Genitive | ucisului / ucisei | ucișilor / uciselor |
| Accusative | ucis / ucisă | uciși / ucise |
| Vocative | ucis / ucisă | uciși / ucise |
Word family
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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