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fa
hey (term used to address a woman or girl) /ˈfa/
particle#1843 most common
Also: girl! (as a call), you there (to a female)
Example sentences
Fa, vino încoace!
Hey, come here!
Ce faci, fa Ioana?
How are you, Ioana?
Nu pleca, fa, așteaptă-mă!
Don't leave, girl, wait for me!
Nu striga la mine, fa, că nu-s surdă!
Don't shout at me, girl, I'm not deaf!
Auzi, fa, ce-am pățit ieri la piață?
Listen, girl, what happened to me yesterday at the market?
Măi fa, lasă-mă în pace, că am treabă!
Hey now, leave me alone, I've got things to do!
Word family
măequivalent address particle used for a man or boy
măigeneral attention-getting call, used for either sex, often with fa or măfatăgirl (the word popularly associated with fa in meaning, though not confirmed as its source)fatoregional vocative form of fată, used similarly to call a girlEtymology
Romanian dictionaries treat "fa" as a regional address particle rather than a word with a settled origin. It is attested mainly in rural speech in Transylvania and Maramureș, used to call out to a woman or girl, and it functions as the feminine counterpart to the masculine address particle "mă". Because it behaves as an expressive interjection rather than an inherited noun or verb form, standard etymological sources do not trace it back to a Latin or older root with confidence.
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