patimă

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Byzantine Greek πάθημα (páthēma).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpa.ti.mə/
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Noun

patimă f (plural patimi)

  1. ardor, passion, powerful emotion
  2. suffering, torment, torture
  3. vice

Declension

Declension of patimă
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative patimă patima patimi patimile
genitive-dative patimi patimii patimi patimilor
vocative patimă, patimo patimilor

Derived terms

See also

References

  • Paliga, Sorin (2024), An Etymological Dictionary of the Romanian Language, New York: Peter Lang, →ISBN, page 402