conteni

Romanian

Alternative forms
  • cunteni (archaic)

Etymology

From an earlier cunteni, generally assumed to be from Latin continēre, present active infinitive of contineō (and if so, a doublet of conține). However, this is somewhat problematic as it deviates from the usual change of Latin con- into Romanian cu (preserving the n), and tenere into ține (therefore the expected result would have been a *cuține or *cuținea), but other exceptions also exist. Nonetheless, it appears in texts as far back as the 16th century. Other theories suggest a Vulgar Latin root *cunctināre, from cunctārī (cf. Aromanian acumtin (“I stop, cease”)). It may have been also influenced by *contenuāre, from tenuāre.

Verb

a conteni (third-person singular present contenește, past participle contenit) 4th conj.

  1. to cease

Conjugation
    conjugation of conteni (fourth conjugation, -esc- infix)
infinitive a conteni
gerund contenind
past participle contenit
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 contenesc contenești contenește contenim conteniți contenesc
imperfect conteneam conteneai contenea conteneam conteneați conteneau
simple perfect contenii conteniși conteni contenirăm contenirăți conteniră
pluperfect contenisem conteniseși contenise conteniserăm conteniserăți conteniseră
subjunctive eu tu el/ea noi voi ei/ele
present să contenesc să contenești să contenească să contenim să conteniți să contenească
imperative — tu — — voi —
affirmative contenește conteniți
negative nu conteni nu conteniți

Synonyms
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