-oaică

Romanian

Etymology

From Slavic -ojka, compare Serbo-Croatian -ojka, or a combination of the feminine suffix -oaie (from Latin -ōnea; compare also Aromanian -oanji) and diminutive feminine suffix -că, from Old Church Slavonic -ъка (-ŭka), from Proto-Slavic *-ъka.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈo̯aj.kə/

Suffix

-oaică f (plural -oaice)

1. used to form the feminine of a masculine noun indicating nationality or ethnicity

   ‎rus (“Russian”) + ‎-oaică → ‎rusoaică (“Russian woman”)

   ‎grec (“Greek”) + ‎-oaică → ‎grecoaică (“Greek woman”)

2. used to form the feminine of some animals

   ‎lup (“wolf”) + ‎-oaică → ‎lupoaică (“she-wolf”)

   ‎urs (“bear”) + ‎-oaică → ‎ursoaică (“she-bear”)

   ‎vulpe (“fox”) + ‎-oaică → ‎vulpoaică (“vixen”)

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	-oaică	-oaica		-oaice	-oaicele
genitive-dative	-oaice	-oaicei		-oaice	-oaicelor
vocative	-oaică, -oaico			-oaicelor

Derived terms

Romanian terms suffixed with -oaică

See also

• -eancă (similar use to the first sense indicating nationality or ethnicity)
• -iță