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mătușă
aunt /maˈtuʃə/
noun#1448 most common
Example sentences
Aceasta este mătușa mea.
This is my aunt.
Mătușa mea locuiește la țară.
My aunt lives in the countryside.
Am vizitat-o pe mătușa mea de ziua ei.
I visited my aunt on her birthday.
Mătușa mea mi-a povestit despre copilăria bunicii.
My aunt told me about grandmother's childhood.
Dacă nu ar fi fost mătușa mea, nu aș fi aflat niciodată adevărul despre familie.
If it hadn't been for my aunt, I would never have found out the truth about the family.
Mătușile mele, care locuiesc în orașe diferite, se adună în fiecare vară la ferma bunicilor.
My aunts, who live in different cities, gather every summer at their grandparents' farm.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | mătușă | mătuși |
| Genitive | mătuși | mătuși |
| Accusative | mătușă | mătuși |
| Vocative | mătușico | mătușilor |
Word family
Etymology
The origin of mătușă is not fully settled. Romanian dictionaries treat it as an inherited word but list its deeper source as uncertain rather than a straightforward descendant of Latin amita, the term that gave French tante and Italian zia. Some etymologists compare it to Albanian motër, meaning sister, as evidence of shared pre-Latin vocabulary in the Balkans, though this link is disputed. Because no secure derivation has been established, no Proto-Indo-European root can be assigned with confidence.
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