țeapă

See also: teapa, teapă, and țeapa

Romanian

Etymology

Possibly borrowed from Albanian thep (“peak, point”) or a substratum term cognate to it. Compare also Italian zeppa, inzeppare and Proto-Slavic *cĕpa.

Noun

țeapă f (plural țepi)

1. stick
2. spike
3. thorn, prick, spine, splinter
4. trick; cheat; fraud

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	țeapă	țeapa		țepi	țepile
genitive-dative	țepi	țepii		țepi	țepilor
vocative	țeapă, țeapo			țepilor

Derived terms

• înțepa