lipsi
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from Greek λείψω (leípso), future of λείπω (leípo, “I am absent, leave, lack”).
Pronunciation
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Verb
a lipsi (third-person singular present lipsește, past participle lipsit) 4th conjugation
- (transitive) to deprive (someone of)
- (intransitive) to be absent, to be missing, to lack
- (reflexive) to give (something) up, to go without [with de ‘something’]
- Doar mă lipsesc de el.
- I'll just go without it.
Conjugation
conjugation of lipsi (fourth conjugation, -esc- infix)
| infinitive | a lipsi | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | lipsind | ||||||
| past participle | lipsit | ||||||
| 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 | lipsesc | lipsești | lipsește | lipsim | lipsiți | lipsesc | |
| imperfect | lipseam | lipseai | lipsea | lipseam | lipseați | lipseau | |
| simple perfect | lipsii | lipsiși | lipsi | lipsirăm | lipsirăți | lipsiră | |
| pluperfect | lipsisem | lipsiseși | lipsise | lipsiserăm | lipsiserăți | lipsiseră | |
| subjunctive | eu | tu | el/ea | noi | voi | ei/ele | |
| present | să lipsesc | să lipsești | să lipsească | să lipsim | să lipsiți | să lipsească | |
| imperative | — | tu | — | — | voi | — | |
| affirmative | lipsește | lipsiți | |||||
| negative | nu lipsi | nu lipsiți | |||||