juvete

Romanian

Etymology

Unknown. Possibly from Ukrainian живе́ць (žyvécʹ, “fry, small fish”), from Baltic (compare Lithuanian žuvìs, Latvian zivs, both ‘fish’), with suffix altered to diminutive -ete.

Noun

juvete m (plural juveți)

1. fry, any small fish
2. nickname applied to Oltenians (Romanians from Oltenia, in Romania)

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	juvete	juvetele		juveți	juveții
genitive-dative	juvete	juvetelui		juveți	juveților
vocative	juvete			juveților