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Romanian
Etymology
From Slavic -ojka, compare Serbo-Croatian -ojka, or a combination of the feminine suffix -oaie (from Latin -ōnea; compare also Aromanian -oanji) and diminutive feminine suffix -că, from Old Church Slavonic -ъка (-ŭka), from Proto-Slavic *-ъka.
Pronunciation
Suffix
-oaică f (plural -oaice)
- used to form the feminine of a masculine noun indicating nationality or ethnicity
- rus (“Russian”) + -oaică → rusoaică (“Russian woman”)
- grec (“Greek”) + -oaică → grecoaică (“Greek woman”)
- used to form the feminine of some animals
- lup (“wolf”) + -oaică → lupoaică (“she-wolf”)
- urs (“bear”) + -oaică → ursoaică (“she-bear”)
- vulpe (“fox”) + -oaică → vulpoaică (“vixen”)
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Derived terms
See also
- -eancă (similar use to the first sense indicating nationality or ethnicity)
- -iță