deștept

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Romanian

Etymology

Inherited from Latin de-excitus or more likely from dispectus. Also possibly a back-formation from deștepta (“to wake up”). Compare Aromanian dishteptu.

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Adjective

deștept m or n (feminine singular deșteaptă, masculine plural deștepți, feminine and neuter plural deștepte)

  1. awake (in the sense of being wise or clever)
  2. smart, bright, clever, intelligent

Declension

Declension of deștept
singular plural
masculine neuter feminine masculine neuter feminine
nominative/
accusative 		indefinite deștept deșteaptă deștepți deștepte
definite deșteptul deșteapta deștepții deșteptele
genitive/
dative 		indefinite deștept deștepte deștepți deștepte
definite deșteptului deșteptei deștepților deșteptelor

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Verb

deștept

  1. first-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of deștepta
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