pedeapsă

Romanian

Alternative forms

• pedepsă — obsolete

Etymology

Back-formation from pedepsi (“to punish”). First attested in 1581.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /peˈde̯ap.sə/

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• Rhymes: -apsə
• Hyphenation: pe‧deap‧să

Noun

pedeapsă f (plural pedepse or (obsolete) pedepsi or pedeapse or (regional) pedepsuri)

1. punishment
2. (now uncommon) suffering
3. (obsolete) education

Declension

Declension of pedeapsă

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(o) pedeapsă	pedeapsa	(niște) pedepse	pedepsele
genitive/dative	(unei) pedepse	pedepsei	(unor) pedepse	pedepselor
vocative	pedeapsă, pedeapso		pedepselor

Further reading

• pedeapsă 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 380–381