nevăstuică
Romanian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From nevastă + -uică, probably based on a superstitious euphemism. Calque of Bulgarian невестулка (nevestulka), Ottoman Turkish كلینجك (gelincik) or Greek νυφίτσα (nyfítsa). Similar words can also be found throughout the Mediterranean: Italian donnola, Portuguese doninha, Spanish comadreja.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]nevăstuică f (plural nevăstuici)
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | ||
| nominative-accusative | nevăstuică | nevăstuica | nevăstuici | nevăstuicile | |
| genitive-dative | nevăstuici | nevăstuicii | nevăstuici | nevăstuicilor | |
| vocative | nevăstuică, nevăstuico | nevăstuicilor | |||
Categories:
- Romanian terms suffixed with -uică
- Romanian terms calqued from Bulgarian
- Romanian terms derived from Bulgarian
- Romanian terms calqued from Ottoman Turkish
- Romanian terms derived from Ottoman Turkish
- Romanian terms calqued from Greek
- Romanian terms derived from Greek
- Romanian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Romanian lemmas
- Romanian nouns
- Romanian countable nouns
- Romanian feminine nouns
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