găsi

Romanian

Etymology

Unknown. Has been linked to Proto-Slavic *gasiti (“to extinguish”) but this is semantically unusual. Even other Indo-European cognate terms like Lithuanian gesýti (“to extinguish”), Sanskrit जासयति (jāsáyati, “to extinguish, to exhaust”) and Ancient Greek σβέννῡμι (sbénnūmi, “to extinguish”) thoroughly continue the same sense. A possible semantic explanation may be very hypothetically attempted through the conception of search being conducted, within the context of pastoral and agricultural life, more frequently for cattle that has gone astray in particular at dusk or dawn and, hence, being searched for with the aid of torches, leading to the characterization of retrieval as extinction of the torches employed. Otherwise, extinction could even more vaguely refer to the urge for search having been extinguished but those metaphors of perceived needs are, instead, very unlikely.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡəˈsi/

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• Rhymes: -i
• Hyphenation: gă‧si

Verb

a găsi (third-person singular present găsește, past participle găsit) 4th conj.

1. (transitive) to find (locate)

   Nu-mi găsesc cheile.

   I can't find my keys.

2. (transitive, copulative) to find (consider)

Conjugation

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

infinitive			a găsi
gerund			găsind
past participle			găsit
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	găsesc	găsești	găsește	găsim	găsiți	găsesc
	imperfect	găseam	găseai	găsea	găseam	găseați	găseau
	simple perfect	găsii	găsiși	găsi	găsirăm	găsirăți	găsiră
	pluperfect	găsisem	găsiseși	găsise	găsiserăm	găsiserăți	găsiseră
subjunctive		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	să găsesc	să găsești	să găsească	să găsim	să găsiți	să găsească
imperative		—	tu	—	—	voi	—
	affirmative		găsește			găsiți
	negative		nu găsi			nu găsiți

Derived terms

• furgăsi
• găsi cu cale
• găsi de cuviință

References

• găsi in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)