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”).
nebun m or n (feminine singular nebună, masculine plural nebuni, feminine and neuter plural nebune)
singular | plural | |||||||
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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 |
nebun m (plural nebuni, feminine equivalent nebună)
singular | plural | ||||
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indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | ||
nominative-accusative | nebun | nebunul | nebuni | nebunii | |
genitive-dative | nebun | nebunului | nebuni | nebunilor | |
vocative | nebunule | nebunilor |
Chess pieces in Romanian · piese de șah (layout · text) | |||||
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rege | regină, damă | tură, turn | nebun | cal | pion |