ceafă

Romanian

Etymology

Probably borrowed from Albanian qafë, of uncertain origin. May be cognate to Ancient Greek κεφαλή (kephalḗ, “head”). Unrelated to Turkish kafa (“head”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

ceafă f (plural cefe)

1. nape (of the neck)

   Synonyms: cerbice, grumaz

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	ceafă	ceafa		cefe	cefele
genitive-dative	cefe	cefei		cefe	cefelor
vocative	ceafă, ceafo			cefelor

References

• ceafă in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN