deosebi
Romanian
Etymology 1
From de + osebi (verb), itself from Old Church Slavonic особити (osobiti).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /de.o.seˈbi/
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -i
- Hyphenation: de‧o‧se‧bi
Verb
a deosebi (third-person singular present deosebește, past participle deosebit) 4th conjugation
- (transitive) to tell apart [with de ‘from’]
- Synonyms: diferenția, distinge, (archaic) osebi
- (transitive) to discern, pick out
- (reflexive) to differ [with de ‘from’]
- Synonyms: se diferenția, diferi, (archaic) se osebi
- Antonym: semăna
- (reflexive, by extension) to distinguish oneself (be superior)
- (transitive) to make different, set apart [with de ‘from’]
- (transitive, obsolete) to separate
Conjugation
conjugation of deosebi (fourth conjugation, -esc- infix)
infinitive | a deosebi | ||||||
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gerund | deosebind | ||||||
past participle | deosebit | ||||||
number | singular | plural | |||||
person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | |
indicative | eu | tu | el/ea | noi | voi | ei/ele | |
present | deosebesc | deosebești | deosebește | deosebim | deosebiți | deosebesc | |
imperfect | deosebeam | deosebeai | deosebea | deosebeam | deosebeați | deosebeau | |
simple perfect | deosebii | deosebiși | deosebi | deosebirăm | deosebirăți | deosebiră | |
pluperfect | deosebisem | deosebiseși | deosebise | deosebiserăm | deosebiserăți | deosebiseră | |
subjunctive | eu | tu | el/ea | noi | voi | ei/ele | |
present | să deosebesc | să deosebești | să deosebească | să deosebim | să deosebiți | să deosebească | |
imperative | — | tu | — | — | voi | — | |
affirmative | deosebește | deosebiți | |||||
negative | nu deosebi | nu deosebiți |
Alternative forms
- deosăbi, dăosebi — obsolete
- deosibi — dated
Derived terms
Related terms
Etymology 2
From de + osebi (adverb), itself from Old Church Slavonic особь (osobĭ).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /de.oˈsebʲ/
- Rhymes: -ebʲ
- Hyphenation: de‧o‧sebi
Adjective
deosebi m or f or n (indeclinable) (obsolete)
Adverb
deosebi (obsolete)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “deosebi”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2025
- Marius Sala, Gheorghe Mihăilă, editors (2006), “deosébi1”, in Dicționarul Limbii Române[1], volume 1, part 4, Bucharest: Romanian Academy, →ISBN, page 437
- Marius Sala, Gheorghe Mihăilă, editors (2006), “deosebí2”, in Dicționarul Limbii Române[2], volume 1, part 4, Bucharest: Romanian Academy, →ISBN, pages 437–438