tânji

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See also: tánjí, tànjī, and tànjɨ̀

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic тѫжити (tǫžiti), from тѫга (tǫga, “sadness, melancholy”), from Proto-Slavic *tǫga.

Not related to tânjală.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tɨnˈʒi/
  • Rhymes: -i
  • Hyphenation: tân‧ji

Verb

a tânji (third-person singular present tânjește, past participle tânjit) 4th conjugation

  1. (intransitive or catenative) to yearn, long
    Synonyms: jindui, râvni
  2. (intransitive, now rare) to sorrow
  3. (intransitive, now rare) to languish (be sickly)
  4. (intransitive, of plants, figurative, now rare) to wilt
    Synonyms: se ofili, se veșteji
  5. (intransitive, figurative, now rare) to stagnate
  6. (intransitive, obsolete) to complain
    Synonym: se plânge

Conjugation

    conjugation of tânji (fourth conjugation, -esc- infix)
infinitive a tânji
gerund tânjind
past participle tânjit
number singular plural
person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
indicative eu tu el/ea noi voi ei/ele
present tânjesc tânjești tânjește tânjim tânjiți tânjesc
imperfect tânjeam tânjeai tânjea tânjeam tânjeați tânjeau
simple perfect tânjii tânjiși tânji tânjirăm tânjirăți tânjiră
pluperfect tânjisem tânjiseși tânjise tânjiserăm tânjiserăți tânjiseră
subjunctive eu tu el/ea noi voi ei/ele
present să tânjesc să tânjești să tânjească să tânjim să tânjiți să tânjească
imperative — tu — — voi —
affirmative tânjește tânjiți
negative nu tânji nu tânjiți

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