dumă

See also: Appendix:Variations of "duma"

Romanian

Alternative forms

• Duma — dated

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdumə/

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Russian ду́ма (dúma).

Noun

dumă f (plural dume)

1. duma

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	dumă	duma		dume	dumele
genitive-dative	dume	dumei		dume	dumelor
vocative	dumă, dumo			dumelor

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Romani duma (“speech”). Compare Hungarian duma.

Noun

dumă f (plural dume)

1. (slang) quote, speech
2. (slang) bad joke

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	dumă	duma		dume	dumele
genitive-dative	dume	dumei		dume	dumelor
vocative	dumă, dumo			dumelor

Further reading

• dumă in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)