nebun

Romanian

Etymology

From ne- (“not”) +‎ bun (“sane”).

The sense “bishop (chess piece)” is a semantic loan from French fou,^[1] from Spanish alfil, from Arabic الفيل (al-fīl, “elephant, chess bishop”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [neˈbun]

• Audio:

  (file)

Adjective

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

1. crazy, insane

Declension

		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		nebunelor	nebunilor

Derived terms

• înnebuni
• nebuni

Noun

nebun m (plural nebuni, feminine equivalent nebună)

1. madman
2. (chess) bishop

Declension

	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.