Semneaz

Semneaz is not a standard Romanian word in authoritative dictionaries; in practice it is the diacritic-free rendering of semnează, the third-person singular present tense of the verb a semna, which means to sign or to mark. The form semnează is the correct orthography; semneaz is typically encountered only as a nonstandard ASCII transcription or a typographical error.

Etymology and grammar: semnează derives from the noun semn (sign) with the verb ending -ează, common in Romanian for present tense 3rd person singular. The infinitive is a semna, and related present-tense forms include eu semnez, tu semnezi, noi semnăm, voi semnați, and ei/ele semnează. When diacritics are omitted, the widely used ASCII form is semneaza; semneaz is generally considered nonstandard and can indicate a transcription mistake rather than a separate lexical item.

Usage and examples: semnează is used to indicate that a subject signs something, such as a contract or document. Example (with diacritics): El semnează contractul. In ASCII contexts: El semneaza contractul. The term is part of everyday Romanian and appears in legal, administrative, and literary texts; semneaz itself is not used as an independent entry in Romanian references.

See also: Romanian orthography, semna (to sign), semn (sign).

Note: In discussions of Romanian morphology, it is important to distinguish the diacritic form semnează from non-diacritic representations like semneaza. semneaz should be treated as nonstandard or erroneous rather than a distinct grammatical form.