relua

Forms

relua (first-person singular present reiau, third-person singular present reia, past participle reluat), 1st conjugation^[1]

Etymology

It is formed from Romanian re- + lua, on the model of French reprendre.^[2][3][4][1] DN gives only the French model, and MDN only the Romanian formation.^[5][6] The verb lua “to take” is from Latin levō (“to lift”).^[1] It is conjugated like its base, with the present ⟨reiau⟩.^[2][7]

Earliest recorded meaning

MDA2's first record is Grigore Pleșoianu's translation of Fénelon's Télémaque from French (1831), with the sense “to take an object in hand again”.^[4]

Semantic evolution

The first senses were “to take again” and “to take back”: Eminescu's line „Reia-mi al nemuririi nimb” asks for the halo of immortality to be taken back.^[3][8] From “to take again” came “to reoccupy a place” and “to obtain”, and, as with French reprendre, “to begin again” and “to continue after a break”, said of a road, a march or a conversation.^[4][8] Șăineanu's dictionary of 1929 already gives both groups of senses.^[9]

Timeline

• 1831 – in Pleșoianu's translation of Télémaque.^[4]
• 1893–1895 – Damé glosses it with French reprendre.^[7]

Meanings

Verb

1. To take again, to pick up again: Și-a reluat cartea de pe masă.^[2][4][1]
2. To take back, to retake; to reoccupy a place.^[2][4]
3. To resume: to begin again, to continue after an interruption: a relua lucrul.^[2][10]
4. To obtain; to take over.^[4]

Word family

• reluare

Related words

• reîncepe
• reînnoi
• lua

References

1. ^ a b c d Wiktionary, the free dictionary, https://en.wiktionary.org
2. ^ a b c d e DEX (2009), Dicționarul explicativ al limbii române [Explanatory dictionary of the Romanian language], Bucharest: Editura Univers Enciclopedic, p. 940
3. ^ a b Academia Română (1965–2010), Dicționarul limbii române (DLR), serie nouă, tom I–XIX, București: Editura Academiei Române, p. s.v. reluá
4. ^ a b c d e f g Academia Română, Institutul de Lingvistică „Iorgu Iordan – Al. Rosetti” (2010), Micul dicționar academic, 2nd ed., 4 vols., București: Univers Enciclopedic Gold, p. 2, 687
5. ^ Marcu, Florin; Maneca, Constant (1986), Dicționar de neologisme, 3rd ed., București: Editura Academiei Republicii Socialiste România, p. s.v. relua
6. ^ Marcu, Florin (2000), Marele dicționar de neologisme, București: Saeculum Vizual, p. s.v. relua
7. ^ a b Damé, Frédéric (1893–1895), Nouveau dictionnaire roumain-français, 4 vols., Bucarest: Imprimerie de l'État, p. s.v. relua
8. ^ a b Macrea, Dimitrie; Petrovici, Emil (coord.) (1955–1957), Dicționarul limbii romîne literare contemporane, 4 vols., București: Editura Academiei Republicii Populare Romîne, p. 3, 721
9. ^ Șăineanu, Lazăr (1929), Dicționar universal al limbei române, 6th ed., Craiova: Scrisul Românesc, p. 543
10. ^ Academia Română, Institutul de Lingvistică „Iorgu Iordan – Al. Rosetti” (2002), Noul dicționar explicativ al limbii române, București: Litera Internațional, p. s.v. relua