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jucărie
toy /ʒu.kəˈri.e/
noun#3068 most common
Also: plaything, toy (as adjective: fake, not real)
Example sentences
Copilul are o jucărie.
The child has a toy.
Aceasta este jucăria mea preferată.
This is my favorite toy.
Am cumpărat o jucărie nouă pentru fiica mea.
I bought a new toy for my daughter.
Camera copiilor este plină de jucării.
The children's room is full of toys.
Magazinul de jucării din centru s-a închis săptămâna trecută.
The toy store downtown closed last week.
Deși pare doar o jucărie ieftină, robotul acesta poate fi programat să execute comenzi simple.
Although it looks like just a cheap toy, this robot can be programmed to carry out simple commands.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | jucărie | jucării |
| Genitive | jucăriei | jucăriilor |
| Accusative | jucărie | jucării |
| Vocative | jucărie | jucării |
Word family
Etymology
Jucărie comes from the verb juca, meaning to play, combined with the suffix -ărie, which forms nouns for a product, activity, or place tied to the root. The same suffix appears in words like brutărie (bakery, from brutar, baker). Juca itself descends from Latin iocari, to joke or play, related to the noun iocus, joke or game. The ultimate root of Latin iocus is not firmly established, so no reliable Proto-Indo-European ancestor can be given.
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