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găină
hen /gəˈɨnə/
noun#5266 most common
Also: chicken (female), coward (figurative, informal)
Example sentences
Găina are pene albe.
The hen has white feathers.
Găina noastră a făcut cinci ouă.
Our hen laid five eggs.
Bunicul se culcă odată cu găinile.
Grandpa goes to bed as early as the hens.
Fermierul hrănește găinile în fiecare dimineață.
The farmer feeds the hens every morning.
Nu fi găină, spune-i adevărul.
Don't be a chicken, tell her the truth.
Investitorii au realizat prea târziu că firma promisă drept o găină cu ouă de aur nu mai producea profit.
Investors realized too late that the firm, promised as a golden-egg-laying hen, was no longer turning a profit.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | găină | găini |
| Genitive | găinii | găinilor |
| Accusative | găină | găini |
| Vocative | găino | găinilor |
Word family
găinarchicken thief; by extension, a petty crook
găinăriepetty theft or shady dealing
găinațchicken droppings, used as fertilizer
cocoșrooster, the male counterpart (different root)
Etymology
Găină descends directly from Latin gallina, the feminine form of gallus (rooster), meaning hen. It was inherited into Romanian from spoken Latin in the region, not borrowed later. The word has kept its core meaning, the female domestic chicken, for two thousand years.
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