reteza

Romanian

Alternative forms
  • răteza

Etymology

Unknown. Perhaps from Common Slavic *rězati (“shorten”), but this presents phonetic difficulties. Another possibility may be a Vulgar Latin root *retizāre (“cut branches hanging above water”) < Latin retae, or *retundiāre (compare French rogner), or from Ancient Greek αἱρετίζω (hairetízō) ("to choose"). Starting with the meaning of "cutting tree branches" and therefore extending it to "cleaning", it could also be based on a variant of a hypothetical verb *neteza, from Latin *nitidiāre < nitidus (compare Romanian neted, netezi); see also the relation between necheza and râncheza. [1]

Verb

a reteza (third-person singular present retează, past participle retezat) 1st conj.

  1. to chop off, cut off, hew off, lop off, sever, dock, cut
  2. to clean or cut off honeycombs from a beehive

Conjugation
    conjugation of reteza (first conjugation, no infix)
infinitive a reteza
gerund retezând
past participle retezat
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 retez retezi retează retezăm retezați retează
imperfect retezam retezai reteza retezam retezați retezau
simple perfect retezai retezași reteză retezarăm retezarăți retezară
pluperfect retezasem retezaseși retezase retezaserăm retezaserăți retezaseră
subjunctive eu tu el/ea noi voi ei/ele
present să retez să retezi să reteze să retezăm să retezați să reteze
imperative — tu — — voi —
affirmative retează retezați
negative nu reteza nu retezați

See also

References
  1. reteza in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)
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