doică

See also: doica and Đội ca

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Bulgarian до́йка (dójka, “wetnurse”), from дой (doj, “nurishment, milking”) +‎ -ка (-ka), from Proto-Slavic *dojiti (“to give milk”). Compare also Serbo-Croatian dojka and Slovak dojka.

Noun

doică f (plural doici)

1. wet-nurse
2. babysitter

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	doică	doica		doici	doicile
genitive-dative	doici	doicii		doici	doicilor
vocative	doică, doico			doicilor

Synonyms

• dădacă