pedepsi

Romanian

Etymology

From Greek or from Byzantine Greek παιδεύω (paideúō). First attested in c. 1500.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pe.depˈsi/

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• Rhymes: -i
• Hyphenation: pe‧dep‧si

Verb

a pedepsi (third-person singular present pedepsește, past participle pedepsit) 4th conj.

1. (transitive) to punish, chastise
2. (transitive, obsolete) to educate [until early 19th c.]

Conjugation

    conjugation of pedepsi (fourth conjugation, -esc- infix)

infinitive			a pedepsi
gerund			pedepsind
past participle			pedepsit
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	pedepsesc	pedepsești	pedepsește	pedepsim	pedepsiți	pedepsesc
	imperfect	pedepseam	pedepseai	pedepsea	pedepseam	pedepseați	pedepseau
	simple perfect	pedepsii	pedepsiși	pedepsi	pedepsirăm	pedepsirăți	pedepsiră
	pluperfect	pedepsisem	pedepsiseși	pedepsise	pedepsiserăm	pedepsiserăți	pedepsiseră
subjunctive		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	să pedepsesc	să pedepsești	să pedepsească	să pedepsim	să pedepsiți	să pedepsească
imperative		—	tu	—	—	voi	—
	affirmative		pedepsește			pedepsiți
	negative		nu pedepsi			nu pedepsiți

Derived terms

• pedeapsă
• pedepsibil
• pedepsibilitate
• pedepsire
• pedepsit
• pedepsitor
• pedepsitură

Further reading

• pedepsi in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)
• Iorgu Iordan, Alexandru Graur, Ion Coteanu, editors (1974), Dicționarul Limbii Române‎^[1], volume 8, part 2, Bucharest: Academy of the Socialist Republic of Romania, pages 381–382