nebun

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Romanian

Etymology

From ne- (not) +‎ bun (sane).

The sense “bishop (chess piece)” is a semantic loan from French fou, from Spanish alfil, from Arabic الفيل (al-fīl, elephant, chess bishop).

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Adjective

nebun m or n (feminine singular nebună, masculine plural nebuni, feminine and neuter plural nebune)

  1. crazy, insane

Declension

Declension of nebun
singular plural
masculine neuter feminine masculine neuter feminine
nominative-
accusative
indefinite nebun nebună nebuni nebune
definite nebunul nebuna nebunii nebunele
genitive-
dative
indefinite nebun nebune nebuni nebune
definite nebunului nebunei nebunilor nebunelor

Derived terms

Noun

nebun m (plural nebuni, feminine equivalent nebună)

  1. madman
  2. (chess) bishop

Declension

Declension of nebun
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative nebun nebunul nebuni nebunii
genitive-dative nebun nebunului nebuni nebunilor
vocative nebunule nebunilor

See also

Chess pieces in Romanian · piese de șah (layout · text)
♚ ♛ ♜ ♝ ♞ ♟
rege regină, damă tură, turn nebun cal pion

References

  1. ^ H. Tiktin, Paul Miron (ed.), "nebún", Rumänisches-deutsches Wörterbuch, Band II, Otto Harrassowitz (publ. 1988, 2., überarbeitete und ergänzte Auflage), page 741.