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.
nevăstuică f (plural nevăstuici)
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | ||
| nominative-accusative | nevăstuică | nevăstuica | nevăstuici | nevăstuicile | |
| genitive-dative | nevăstuici | nevăstuicii | nevăstuici | nevăstuicilor | |
| vocative | nevăstuică, nevăstuico | nevăstuicilor | |||