osebi

Romanian

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic особити (osobiti).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /o.seˈbi/
  • Rhymes: -i
  • Hyphenation: o‧se‧bi

Verb

a osebi (third-person singular present osebește, past participle osebit) 4th conjugation

  1. (transitive, archaic) to tell apart [with de ‘from’]
    Synonyms: deosebi, diferenția, distinge
  2. (reflexive, archaic) to differ [with de ‘from’]
    Synonyms: se deosebi, se diferenția, diferi
    Antonym: semăna
  3. (transitive, obsolete) to separate (make separated)
  4. (reflexive, obsolete) to separate (become separated)
  5. (transitive, obsolete) to deny access, particularly from the church [with de la ‘from’]
  6. (transitive, obsolete) to except
Conjugation
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic особь (osobĭ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /oˈsebʲ/
  • Rhymes: -ebʲ
  • Hyphenation: o‧sebi

Adverb

osebi (obsolete)

  1. apart, separately
  2. besides, in addition to [with de]
Alternative forms
  • usebi
Derived terms

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