nevoi

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Romanian

Etymology 1

From nevoie +‎ -i.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ne.voˈi/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -i
  • Hyphenation: ne‧vo‧i

Verb

a nevoi (third-person singular present nevoiește, past participle nevoit) 4th conjugation

  1. (transitive, now exclusively in passive voice, but rarely with agent) to leave no other choice, to require, to force (someone)
    Suntem nevoiți să creștem prețul abonamentelor.
    We are left with no choice but to raise the price of subscriptions.
    Doresc să lucrez aproape de casă, ca să nu fiu nevoit să pierd timp cu naveta.
    I want to work close to home, so that I’m not forced to waste time on the commute.
    • 1891, Constantin Dobrogeanu-Gherea, “Cauza pesimizmului în literatură și viață [The cause of pessimism in literature and life]”, in Studii critice [Critical studies]‎, volume 2, Bucharest: Socec, pages 348–349:
      [] până ce creșterea faptelor și descoperirilor ne va nevoi să maĭ restrângem specialitatea.
      until the growth of facts and discoveries will force us to narrow the domain again.
    • 2010, Mariana Bărbulescu, transl., Zaira, Iași: Polirom, translation of original by Cătălin Dorian Florescu, →ISBN, page 167:
      N-ai fost nevoit să fugi ca să-ți salvezi viața?
      Weren’t you forced to run to save your life?
  2. (transitive, obsolete) to necessitate (something)
  3. (reflexive, obsolete) to take pains, suffer for something
    • 1700, inscription in Church of the Holy Apostles, Horezu Monastery (IX 878), lines 4–5; published and edited in Constantin Bălan, Haralambie Chirică, Olimpia Diaconescu, editors, Inscripții medievale și din epoca modernă a României: județul istoric Vâlcea (sec. XIV–1848) [Mediaeval and modern inscriptions from Romania: the historic county of Vâlcea (14th C.–1848)], Bucharest: Romanian Academy, 2005, →ISBN, pages 585–586:
      ШЍ​Еⷹ·​СМЕРИ́ТꙊⷧ҇:​ІꙌ҆́Аⷩ҇·​МꙊⷧⷮ​МАⷨ​НЕ́ВОИⷮ·​ПЬ́НЬ​А҆́ЧАⷭ҇ТЬ​СФЬⷩ҇ТЬ​БИСѢРНКЬ·​Ꙍ҆́​Аⷨ​Иⷭ҇ПРЬВИⷮ·
      Și eu, smeritul Ioan, mult m-am nevoit
      Până această sfântă bisearică o am isprăvit.
      And much did I, the humble John, suffer
      Until I finished this holy church.
  4. (reflexive, obsolete) do one’s best, strive
  5. (reflexive, obsolete) to get used
  6. (reflexive or transitive, obsolete) to take care
  7. (transitive, obsolete, rare) to torment
  8. (intransitive, obsolete) to resist, especially one’s own self in religious self-discipline
Conjugation

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /neˈvoj/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -oj
  • Hyphenation: ne‧voi

Noun

nevoi f

  1. inflection of nevoie (need):
    1. indefinite plural
    2. indefinite genitive/dative singular

Further reading

Veps

Etymology

From nevoda +‎ -i.

Noun

nevoi

  1. adviser, counselor

Inflection

Inflection of nevoi (inflection type 7/pedai)
nominative sing. nevoi
genitive sing. nevojan
partitive sing. nevojad
partitive plur. nevojid
singular plural
nominative nevoi nevojad
accusative nevojan nevojad
genitive nevojan nevojiden
partitive nevojad nevojid
essive-instructive nevojan nevojin
translative nevojaks nevojikš
inessive nevojas nevojiš
elative nevojaspäi nevojišpäi
illative nevojaha nevojihe
adessive nevojal nevojil
ablative nevojalpäi nevojilpäi
allative nevojale nevojile
abessive nevojata nevojita
comitative nevojanke nevojidenke
prolative nevojadme nevojidme
approximative I nevojanno nevojidenno
approximative II nevojannoks nevojidennoks
egressive nevojannopäi nevojidennopäi
terminative I nevojahasai nevojihesai
terminative II nevojalesai nevojilesai
terminative III nevojassai
additive I nevojahapäi nevojihepäi
additive II nevojalepäi nevojilepäi

References

  • Zajceva, N. G., Mullonen, M. I. (2007) “советник”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary]‎, Petrozavodsk: Periodika