reaminti

Forms

reaminti (third-person singular present reamintește, past participle reamintit), 4th conjugation^[1]

Etymology

It is formed from Romanian re- + aminti, “to remember again”.^[2][3][4][1] NODEX and Wikționar give the same analysis.^[5][6]

Earliest recorded meaning

The DLR's earliest quotation is from Dimitrie Bolintineanu, in the sense “to call to mind, recall”, said of two ladies whose dress brings Paris to mind.^[3] MDA2 cites the same passage from a modern edition of his works.^[4]

Semantic evolution

The DLR's quotations from Maiorescu, Eminescu, Slavici and the 20th-century novelists show the verb used transitively, “to bring back to mind”, and reflexively with a dative pronoun, a-și reaminti “to remember again”.^[3] With a personal object it means “to remind someone”, and Rebreanu uses it without an object: someone must take care to remind him if he forgets.^[3][7] MDA2 adds the sense “to mention again”.^[4]

Timeline

• 1893–1895 – Damé's dictionary glosses it with French remémorer and rappeler.^[8]
• 1929 – Șăineanu's dictionary: “to remember again”.^[9]

Meanings

Verb

1. (transitive and reflexive) To remember again; to call something back to mind: Și-a reamintit numele străzii.^[2][4]
2. (transitive) To remind someone of something.^[7][1]
3. (transitive) To mention again.^[4]

Related words

• aminti
• aminte

Usage notes

The two vowels are said separately: re-a-.^[2][7]

References

1. ^ a b c Wiktionary, the free dictionary, https://en.wiktionary.org
2. ^ a b c DEX (2009), Dicționarul explicativ al limbii române [Explanatory dictionary of the Romanian language], Bucharest: Editura Univers Enciclopedic, p. 925
3. ^ a b c d Academia Română (1965–2010), Dicționarul limbii române (DLR), serie nouă, tom I–XIX, București: Editura Academiei Române, p. s.v. reaminti
4. ^ a b c d e Academia Română, Institutul de Lingvistică „Iorgu Iordan – Al. Rosetti” (2010), Micul dicționar academic, 2nd ed., 4 vols., București: Univers Enciclopedic Gold, p. 2, 663
5. ^ Academia Română, Institutul de Lingvistică „Iorgu Iordan – Al. Rosetti” (2002), Noul dicționar explicativ al limbii române, București: Litera Internațional, p. s.v. reaminti
6. ^ Wikționar (Romanian Wiktionary), ro.wiktionary.org, p. s.v. reaminti
7. ^ a b c Macrea, Dimitrie; Petrovici, Emil (coord.) (1955–1957), Dicționarul limbii romîne literare contemporane, 4 vols., București: Editura Academiei Republicii Populare Romîne, p. 3, 694
8. ^ Damé, Frédéric (1893–1895), Nouveau dictionnaire roumain-français, 4 vols., Bucarest: Imprimerie de l'État, p. s.v. reaminti
9. ^ Șăineanu, Lazăr (1929), Dicționar universal al limbei române, 6th ed., Craiova: Scrisul Românesc, p. 1, 538