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cita
some, a little (of); a certain amount of /t͡ʃiˈta/
adjective#5750 most common
Also: a few, somewhat, some length of
Example sentences
Am așteptat cita vreme la ușă.
I waited for some time at the door.
Ne-am odihnit cita vreme sub un copac.
We rested for a while under a tree.
A lucrat cita ani în străinătate înainte să se întoarcă acasă.
He worked for some years abroad before coming back home.
După cita vreme de tăcere, bunicul a început iar să povestească.
After some time of silence, grandfather began telling stories again.
Satul a rămas pustiu cita vreme, până s-au întors primii localnici.
The village stayed deserted for some time, until the first locals returned.
Cronicarul povestește că boierul a domnit cita vreme peste ținut, apoi a pierit în luptă.
The chronicler tells that the boyar ruled over the land for some time, then perished in battle.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | cita | cita |
| Genitive | cita | cita |
| Accusative | cita | cita |
| Vocative | cita | cita |
Word family
câthow much, how manycâtvasome, a certain amount of (masc.)
câtevaa few (fem.)
câțivaa few, several (masc. pl.)
Etymology
Cita is a regional and archaic Romanian word, recorded in dictionaries as an invariable adjective meaning "some" or "a certain small amount of." Its exact origin is not firmly established, but it is generally linked to the same stem as cât ("how much"), appearing as a shortened parallel to câtva. It survives today mostly in older texts and rural speech, almost always fixed before nouns like vreme (time), ani (years), or zile (days).
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