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victimă
victim /vikˈtimə/
noun#534 most common
Also: casualty, sufferer
Example sentences
Ea este o victimă.
She is a victim.
Poliția a ajutat victima.
The police helped the victim.
Victima accidentului a fost dusă la spital.
The accident victim was taken to the hospital.
Numărul victimelor cutremurului a crescut.
The number of earthquake victims has increased.
Avocatul a cerut despăgubiri pentru familia victimei.
The lawyer requested compensation for the victim's family.
Autoritățile investighează dacă victimele au fost supuse unor tratamente inumane înainte de deces.
Authorities are investigating whether the victims were subjected to inhumane treatment before death.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | victimă | victime |
| Genitive | victime | victime |
| Accusative | victimă | victime |
| Vocative | victimo | victime |
Word family
victimizato victimize
victimizarevictimization
victimizatvictimized
victimologievictimology
revictimizarere-victimization
Etymology
Romanian borrowed "victimă" from French "victime" during the nineteenth-century wave of Latinate vocabulary that reshaped the language. French took the word from Latin "victima", meaning a sacrificial animal or person offered to a deity. The Latin word's own origin is disputed among scholars, so no further root is given here. Over time the sense shifted from religious sacrifice to any person harmed by an event or another party.
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