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fetiță
little girl /feˈt͡sit͡sə/
noun#1275 most common
Also: little girl (affectionate), young daughter (colloquial)
Example sentences
Fetița se joacă în parc.
The little girl is playing in the park.
Fetița mea are cinci ani.
My little girl is five years old.
Fetițo, vino aici!
Little girl, come here!
Fetiței îi place să deseneze animale.
The little girl likes to draw animals.
Fetițelor din clasa întâi le-a plăcut excursia la muzeu.
The little girls from first grade liked the trip to the museum.
Fetița, deși abia învățase să scrie, i-a compus bunicii o poezioară emoționantă.
The little girl, although she had barely learned to write, composed a touching little poem for her grandmother.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | fetiță | fetițe |
| Genitive | fetiței | fetițelor |
| Accusative | fetiță | fetițe |
| Vocative | fetițo | fetițelor |
Word family
fatăgirl
fetegirls (plural of fată)
fetișcanăyoung girl, teenager
fetițelittle girls (plural of fetiță)
Etymology
Fetiță is built from fată, the everyday Romanian word for girl, plus the diminutive suffix -iță. The root vowel shifts from a to e before the suffix, the same shift seen in the plural fete, a regular pattern in Romanian when a following front vowel pulls the stem vowel forward. The deeper origin of fată itself is debated among Romanian etymologists, so no single ancestor word is given here with confidence.
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