osebi

Romanian

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic особити (osobiti).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /o.seˈbi/
• Rhymes: -i
• Hyphenation: o‧se‧bi

Verb

a osebi (third-person singular present osebește, past participle osebit) 4th conjugation

1. (transitive, archaic) to tell apart [with de ‘from’]

   Synonyms: deosebi, diferenția, distinge

2. (reflexive, archaic) to differ [with de ‘from’]

   Synonyms: se deosebi, se diferenția, diferi

   Antonym: semăna

3. (transitive, obsolete) to separate (make separated)
4. (reflexive, obsolete) to separate (become separated)
5. (transitive, obsolete) to deny access, particularly from the church [with de la ‘from’]
6. (transitive, obsolete) to except

Conjugation

    conjugation of osebi (fourth conjugation, -esc- infix)

infinitive			a osebi
gerund			osebind
past participle			osebit
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	osebesc	osebești	osebește	osebim	osebiți	osebesc
	imperfect	osebeam	osebeai	osebea	osebeam	osebeați	osebeau
	simple perfect	osebii	osebiși	osebi	osebirăm	osebirăți	osebiră
	pluperfect	osebisem	osebiseși	osebise	osebiserăm	osebiserăți	osebiseră
subjunctive		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	să osebesc	să osebești	să osebească	să osebim	să osebiți	să osebească
imperative		—	tu	—	—	voi	—
	affirmative		osebește			osebiți
	negative		nu osebi			nu osebiți

Derived terms

• deosebi
• osebiciune
• osebire
• osebit
• osebitor
• osebitură

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic особь (osobĭ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /oˈsebʲ/
• Rhymes: -ebʲ
• Hyphenation: o‧sebi

Adverb

osebi (obsolete)

1. apart, separately
2. besides, in addition to [with de]

Alternative forms

• usebi

Derived terms

• deosebi

Further reading

• “osebi”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2026