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-iță

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Romanian

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Suffix

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-iță f (plural -ițe)

  1. Forms diminutives of some feminine nouns
    fată (girl) + ‎-iță → ‎fetiță (little girl)
    capră (goat) + ‎-iță → ‎căpriță (little goat)
Declension
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singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative -iță -ița -ițe -ițele
genitive-dative -ițe -iței -ițe -ițelor
vocative -iță, -ițo -ițelor
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Etymology 2

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Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic -ица (-ica), from Proto-Slavic *-ica.

Suffix

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-iță f (plural -ițe)

  1. Used to make feminine forms of some masculine nouns, e.g. professions; -ess
    Synonym: (less common) -easă
    doctor (doctor) + ‎-iță → ‎doctoriță (female doctor), actor (actor) + ‎-iță → ‎actriță (actress)
Declension
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singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative -iță -ița -ițe -ițele
genitive-dative -ițe -iței -ițe -ițelor
vocative -iță, -ițo -ițelor
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