cheie
Romanian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Latin clāvis, clāvem.[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]cheie m or f or n (indeclinable)
Declension
[edit]| invariable | singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | |||
| nominative- accusative |
indefinite | cheie | cheie | cheie | cheie | |||
| definite | — | — | — | — | ||||
| genitive- dative |
indefinite | cheie | cheie | cheie | cheie | |||
| definite | — | — | — | — | ||||
Noun
[edit]cheie f (plural chei)
- key (device for unlocking)
- key (crucial step or requirement)
- wrench, spanner
- (music) clef
- (in the plural) gorge, ravine
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | ||
| nominative-accusative | cheie | cheia | chei | cheile | |
| genitive-dative | chei | cheii | chei | cheilor | |
| vocative | cheie, cheio | cheilor | |||
Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Gabriela Panã Dindelegan, Martin Maiden, The Grammar of Romanian (2013), page 10: "The consonants [c, ɟ] are an innovation of Daco-Romanian; they originated in the clusters [kʎ] (< Lat. [kl.]), [ɡʎ] (< Lat. [ɡl]), where [l] has undergone palatalization: cheie [ceje] 'key' < clavis, […] "