cumătru

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Romanian

Etymology

Possibly from a Common Slavic *kъmotrъ < Latin compater. However, the corresponding forms in other Slavic languages are different, such as Bulgarian, Croatian, Russian kum, Serbian kumak, which leads some linguists to propose that the Romanian word may have been derived analogically as a masculine from the related feminine form cumătră, and this possibly directly from Latin commāter, commātrem.[1] Compare Spanish comadre, Italian comare, French commère.

Pronunciation

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Noun

cumătru m (plural cumetri, feminine equivalent cumătră)

  1. godfather (of one's child)
  2. (regional, familiar) term used to address others of the same age, used more often in the countryside

Declension

singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative cumătru cumătrul cumetri cumetrii
genitive-dative cumătru cumătrului cumetri cumetrilor
vocative cumătrule, cumetre cumetrilor

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References

  1. ^ Romanian Explanatory Dictionary
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