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viată
life /viˈat͡sə/
noun#366 most common
Also: existence, lifetime
Example sentences
Viața este frumoasă.
Life is beautiful.
Eu iubesc viața mea.
I love my life.
Viața la țară este liniștită.
Life in the countryside is calm.
A avut o viață grea, dar fericită.
He had a hard but happy life.
Ne dorim o viață mai bună pentru copiii noștri.
We want a better life for our children.
Filozofii au dezbătut dintotdeauna sensul vieții.
Philosophers have always debated the meaning of life.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | viață | vieți |
| Genitive | vieți | vieți |
| Accusative | viață | vieți |
| Vocative | viață | vieți |
Word family
Etymology
Viață comes from a Vulgar Latin form vivitia, built on vivus, meaning alive. This root is distinct from the classical Latin word vita, which also meant life but took a different path into Romanian: it became vită, which now means cattle or livestock. So the everyday word for life and the word for farm animals are, oddly, etymological cousins.
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