Capat

Capat is the ASCII rendering of the Romanian word capăt, a masculine noun meaning “end,” “terminus,” or “extremity.” It is used for both literal endpoints and more figurative senses, appearing in everyday speech and in literature.

Usage and meanings

In literal terms, capăt denotes the farthest point or terminal end of something, such as a road, a line, or a boundary. Phrases like la capătul drumului (at the end of the road) or la capătul lumii (at the end of the world) are common. Capăt can also refer to the outermost part or tip of an object or body part when described in a spatial sense. Figuratively, it can indicate the ultimate limit or conclusion of a process, example being a decision reached “to the end” of a course of action.

Grammatical notes

Capăt is a masculine noun. The standard definite form is capătul (the end). In plural or other grammatical forms, Romanian morphology applies typical masculine noun patterns, though the exact forms depend on sentence structure and syntax. Like many Romanian words, capăt is frequently written without diacritics in plain ASCII text, appearing as capat.

Etymology

The word capăt derives from the Latin caput, meaning “head.” In Romanian, the sense extended from the notion of a leading point or extremity to include the notion of an end or terminus. This semantic shift is reflected in the common usage of capăt to denote the terminal point of physical or conceptual sequences.

See also

Romanian dictionaries and grammar resources corroborate capăt’s senses and its diacritic form capăt; related terms include phrases expressing endings and boundaries in Romanian.