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uitat
forgotten /ujˈtat/
adjective#1058 most common
Also: forgot (as part of the compound past tense, e.g. "am uitat" = "I forgot"), long-lost, out of memory (of places or times)
Example sentences
Am uitat cheile acasă.
I forgot my keys at home.
Mi-am uitat telefonul în tren.
I forgot my phone on the train.
El a uitat numele meu.
He forgot my name.
Este un cântec uitat de mulți.
It is a song forgotten by many.
Poveștile uitate ale bunicilor ne leagă de trecut.
The forgotten stories of our grandparents connect us to the past.
Într-un colț uitat al orașului, timpul parcă stătea pe loc.
In a forgotten corner of the city, time seemed to stand still.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | uitat (m) / uitată (f) | uitați (m) / uitate (f) |
| Genitive | uitat (m) / uitate (f) | uitați (m) / uitate (f) |
| Accusative | uitat (m) / uitată (f) | uitați (m) / uitate (f) |
| Vocative | uitat (m) / uitată (f) | uitați (m) / uitate (f) |
Word family
a uitato forget
uitareforgetting, oblivion
uitucforgetful, absent-minded
de neuitatunforgettable
a da uităriito consign to oblivion (idiom)
Etymology
"Uitat" is the past participle of the verb "a uita" (to forget), which traces back to Vulgar Latin "oblitare," a frequentative built on "oblitus," the past participle of classical Latin "oblivisci" (to forget). The same Latin root gave French "oublier" and the more literary Italian "obliare," so Romanian shares this forgetting-word with its western Romance relatives despite centuries of separation. The "-at" ending is the regular past-participle suffix for first-conjugation Romanian verbs, the same pattern seen in "cântat" (sung) from "a cânta" (to sing).
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