suflet

Aromanian

Noun

suflet n

1. alternative form of suflit

Derived terms

• suflitame

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from French soufflé.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsu.flɛt/

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• Rhymes: -uflɛt
• Syllabification: su‧flet

Noun

suflet m inan

1. soufflé (baked dish made from beaten egg whites and various other ingredients)

Declension

Declension of suflet

	singular	plural
nominative	suflet	suflety
genitive	sufletu	sufletów
dative	sufletowi	sufletom
accusative	suflet	suflety
instrumental	sufletem	sufletami
locative	suflecie	sufletach
vocative	suflecie	suflety

Further reading

• “suflet”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[1] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “suflet”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[2] (in Polish)

Romanian

Etymology

From a Vulgar Latin root *sufflitum, from Latin sufflō, from flō (“to breathe”), equivalent to sufla +‎ -et. Compare to Latin spiritus (“spirit”), from spirō (“breathe”). It appears that when sufflō became the primary term for to breathe in Balkan Romance, the derivative spiritus was reformed by analogy accordingly.

Compare Aromanian suflit, derived from the same Vulgar Latin root.

Compare also the Latin word animus, anima ("soul, also breath") deriving from the Proto-Indo-European root for "to breathe".

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsuflet]

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Noun

suflet n (plural suflete)

1. soul, spirit
2. (regional) breath

Declension

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	suflet	sufletul	suflete	sufletele
genitive-dative	suflet	sufletului	suflete	sufletelor
vocative	sufletule		sufletelor

Derived terms

• însufleți
• pune la suflet
• sufletesc
• sufletește
• sufletist
• suflețel

See also

• inimă
• duh