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mămică
mommy (affectionate word for one's mother) /məˈmikə/
noun#4956 most common
Also: mom, little mother
Example sentences
Mămica este acasă.
Mommy is home.
Copilul își strigă mămica.
The child is calling for his mommy.
I-am dat flori mămicii de ziua ei.
I gave flowers to mommy on her birthday.
Mămico, vino repede!
Mommy, come quickly!
Toate mămicile din parc își supravegheau copiii.
All the mommies in the park were watching their children.
Amintirea mămicii mele rămâne vie în sufletul meu.
The memory of my mommy stays alive in my heart.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | mămică | mămici |
| Genitive | mămicii | mămicilor |
| Accusative | mămică | mămici |
| Vocative | mămico | mămicilor |
Word family
mamămother
mămicathe mommy (definite form, used like 'mom' in English)
mamaiegrandma (child-language term)
tăticdaddymămuțămommy (regional variant)
Etymology
Mămică is built from mamă, the ordinary Romanian word for mother, plus the diminutive suffix -ică, which softens a noun into a fond, childlike form. Mamă itself traces back to Latin mamma, a nursery word that small children produced naturally across many languages, not a word shaped by regular sound change. Because nursery words like mama arose independently in many language families, linguists do not trace them to a single reconstructed root.
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