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viu
alive /ˈviw/
adjective#289 most common
Also: lively, vivid, vivacious
Example sentences
Peștele este viu.
The fish is alive.
Bunica mea este încă vie.
My grandmother is still alive.
Copilul acesta este foarte viu.
This child is very lively.
Culorile din acest tablou sunt foarte vii.
The colors in this painting are very vivid.
Animalul a fost prins viu de vânători.
The animal was caught alive by the hunters.
Amintirea acelei zile a rămas vie în mintea ei.
The memory of that day stayed vivid in her mind.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | viu (m) / vie (f) | vii |
| Genitive | viu (m) / vii (f) | vii |
| Accusative | viu (m) / vie (f) | vii |
| Vocative | viu (m) / vie (f) | vii |
Word family
viațălife
a înviato resurrect, come back to life
vioispry, lively
vitalitatevitality
a supraviețuito survive
Etymology
Viu comes from the Latin adjective vivus, meaning alive or living. Latin vivus itself traces to an old Indo-European root tied to the idea of life. Romanian kept the core meaning almost unchanged over two thousand years, while the sound shifted from Latin vivus to Romanian viu through regular vowel and consonant changes.
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